Conservatives Suffer MASSIVE Losses in England’s Local Elections | Politics

coronation celebration started a day

early in the Royal town of Windsor the

lib Dem leader celebrating his party's

victory over the conservatives here in

England's local elections we're

continuing to make sure the Blue World

tumbles down

more than 8 000 seats were up for grabs

in 230 local authorities both the

liberal Democrats and labor made gains

overnight at the expense of the Tories I

think the reason the Tories have had a

disaster a set of results is because

they haven't been focusing on the number

one issue that is facing voters all over

the country and that's the cost of

living crisis and it's really telling

they haven't spent a single day of this

campaign talking about the cost of

living because I haven't got the answers

because they crashed the economy and

they don't know what to do about it the

prime minister's party suffered losses

in the north south and Midlands Rishi

sunak knew it would be a tough night but

was defined on Friday morning actually

we're making progress key election

Battlegrounds like Peterborough Bassett

Law Sandwell but the message I am

hearing from people tonight is that they

want us to focus on their priorities and

they want us to deliver for them and

that's about halving inflation growing

the economy reducing debt cutting

waiting less than stopping the boat the

lib Dems brought a clock to Windsor to

count down to the next general election

although it is kirst armor celebrating a

first labor Victory here in Medway for

25 years who is particularly looking

forward to next year we didn't just get

it over the line we absolutely smashed

it and it's the same story

same story in Plymouth in Stoke up in

Middlesbrough these are the key battle

like grounds as we go into the next

election and make no mistake this means

that we are on course for a labor

majority of the next election a very

very good set of results labor also made

gains in Stoke-on-Trent and Plymouth

cities with conservative MPS and they're

expecting their best local election

results since 1997. although the policy

do not currently have the national

supports they held for that Year's

general election something the

conservatives are Keen to point out it

doesn't seem to me as though laborer

making anything like the kind of

breakthrough that they want to see you

know a lot of the losses have been to

more the kind of protest parties so to

Independent candidates or to the liberal

Democrats and even in some cases the

greens which suggest to me that there's

everything to pay for for the general

election but as expected it's going to

be a difficult day for the conservatives

back in Windsor Ed Davey was confident

that conservative losses were not nearly

short-term protest votes lots of

lifelong conservatives were telling us

that they'll never vote conservative

again they feel so betrayed they see the

current conservative party is totally

out of touch lacking Integrity not

understanding or listening to their

concerns taking them for granted and

that's why I think the people who've

switched from conservatives to the

liberal Democrats in these local

elections will stick with us come the

general election these local elections

were the first to require photo ID in

order to vote and the Electoral

commission says some people were turned

away from polling stations they will now

examine the challenges the new rule has

had on voters although a full report

will not be read eaten until September