DESNÉ MASIE: UK local poll results spell trouble for Tories and future of union
08 May 2022 - 17:16
Last week’s UK local election results saw the Tories take a drubbing. The party lost almost 500 seats, with Labour on course to take 35% of the overall vote compared to the Conservatives’ 30%, with 198 out of 200 councils declared.
The Greens and Liberal Democrats also made large gains as voters prioritised registering their protest against the country's national leadership over thinking locally...
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