Tories lose over 1000 seats in local elections

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Which was their damage limitation number so when they lost 800 they could say 'we've not done as badly as we feared'.

AIBU to be cracking open the champagne while they try to figure out how the hell they can put a positive spin on this?

The Tories are the party of self-interest and pocket-lining, not financial prudence.

And only supported by greedy, rich people who aren't affected by the cost of living crisis and health and education cuts.

They are cushioned by their wealth and are afraid a Labour government will increase the amount of tax they pay.

Sorry, I haven't RTFT and someone else has probably made this point, but this is despite their blatant attempt to tip the election in their favour by changing rules on photo ID. So I'm breaking open the champagne with you!

Quite.

I turned on the TV this morning, hoping that at least one of the news channels would be doing some in depth analysis of the results, but every channel was running a story about some old bloke popping into church to have a sparkly hat popped on his head by another old bloke, wearing a dress.

Most disappointing.

Wirh seats being won or lost by one vote, you should have been out there. Mid Suffolk went Green by a landslide after being Tory heartland for 73 years 😂

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They systematically destroyed public services and sent us into a financial crash last year because the labour markets didn't trust as a county.

If that's financially aware to you I'd hate to think what incompetent is in your mind?

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@MerryMarigold I bet you live the same place as me! Labour didn't even bother fielding candidates it's so safe. The whole area is either tory and/ ukip. It's racist, sexist and badically stuck in the 1950's but with shittier roads!

And our local MP is bloody Barclay who is about the shittiest MP on the planet.

Locally (next council over) there is to be a recount on Tuesday as it was presumably so close. They are wanting to "look at it with fresh eyes".

Some seats have been won by a mere handful of votes.

Our local MP is a Boris brown noser. She didn't support free meals for children on FSM, she didn't support the farmers, she doesn't do anything for the local community. She only got in because the local Labour MP decamped elsewhere and no-one knew her replacement. South Yorkshire used to be a complete sea of red with the occasional bit of orange, but we currently have three Tory constituencies, but I expect that will change at the next general election.

I would expect a lot of the formerly dyed in the wool Labour areas that switched Tory in the last GE will go back to Labour. Bolsover for instance. Losing that seat made it absolutely clear that Corbyn was not fit for the job, they used to burn effigies of Thatcher there every bonfire night.

But there are some seats that will be a lot more close. Labour need do a lot of campaigning and actually talk TO people instead of AT them,

And the last 13 years have shown they're not going to find one in the Conservative Party.

The Brexiteer Tories sold people what I thought was an obvious lie that they had been ignored for a long time because of the EU.

Now that we have left the EU and the same people are in power and only interested in enriching their mates, then those same voters are going to feel even more ignored.
Having the coronation now, might in the short term get the calamtous performance of the Tory party off the headlines, but in the long run will mean that people feel even less listened to, so will be more likely to vote against the Tories at the next general election.

Sunak is successful because he got lucky gambling with other people's money.

Ok.

I was intending to inject some light humour into this thread on an otherwise dull and dreary day, but it seems someone has beaten me too it.

I am thinking that I might offer my services to the Tories as a door knocker next time around.

I think I have the lines right
But Jeremy Corbyn,
We know what a woman is for.
Keir had a beer
It was only a small piece of cake.
Strong and stable.
Brexit means making us all poorer.

Could be fun.

It's great that the Lib Dems have gained while the Tories have lost, but I still can't be doing with Labour. They're yet to know what the definition of a woman is.

You will be delighted to know that in the middle of the thread there was an enjoyable bout of, I have to vote Tory because they know what a woman is for.

Personally I am going to continue to vote Tory at every opportunity because they know how to deal with sewage and enrich water company bosses.

This is exactly why we need the Tories. All the other parties would have us believe that the old bloke in a dress was a woman.

Oh come on, we did that joke yesterday.

Today @jgw1 is the coronation, so I'm not banging on about that. I'm still banging on about yesterday as I feel that is more important.

It's no "joke" about Labour and their GC issues.

The joke may be that no one can seriously look at what the government has done for the past 13 years and think those are the people are people who care about me and are going to keep me and my family safe.

Not everyone had local elections. The vote turn out was pretty low anyway.

I wouldn’t pay too much notice about local election results.

I see Rishi is back from the Abbey 🙄

I can assure you that Tory HQ will most definitely be taking these results seriously. Especially the low turn out. Tories usually turn out come what may.

The Tories have a big vote share amongst pensioners. Not all obviously, but a lot particularly in the south of England.
I can’t see them voting differently in a GE.

Businesses and rich people will continue to vote Conservative too. They want to hold onto their money.

They didn’t turn out yesterday though did they? Don’t they want to keep their council tax low? Poor weather is usually bad for labour. Tories come out rain or shine - usually.