the 2015 general election so london will be a difficult set of elections, we have councils like barnet which we have held in the past which we took back from labour after a brief change over from labour but in wandsworth there are less than 200 votes between us in labour last time so tight margins in these seats and a difficult set of elections for us. these seats and a difficult set of elections for us. when you saw the leaflet which elections for us. when you saw the leaflet which was elections for us. when you saw the leaflet which was in elections for us. when you saw the leaflet which was in wandsworth, l leaflet which was in wandsworth, most of it in green saying local conservatives, a clear attempt to distance the party from the westminster setup, distance the party from the westminstersetup, is distance the party from the westminster setup, is that for you a comment on the leadership, do you take that to be a bad sign from experienced local campaigners who know exactly w
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some of sir keir starmer s critics inside the labour party and plenty outside would say in his time in charge he has shown progress and done a lot to repair the labour party sincejeremy done a lot to repair the labour party since jeremy corbyn done a lot to repair the labour party sincejeremy corbyn in that election defeat of 2019 but has he shown that he can be a transformative leader with the capability to overturn a tory majority that is so huge? he has to climb a mountain and tonight will be a bit of a verdict about whether he has the secret sauce to make that transformation but remember people watching tonight are voting on all sorts of things, bins, quality of care for the elderly, notjust sorts of things, bins, quality of care for the elderly, not just the big picture at westminster. we care for the elderly, notjust the big picture at westminster. we will brin: our big picture at westminster. we will bring our guest big picture at westminster. we will bring our guest in big
can ijust confirm before i say anything else that the final result here is through. it s 48 13 to the conservatives. a trouncing for labour, very, very disappointing night for them. 30 31 was the old council, it s not 48 13, a majority it s now 48 13, a majority of 35 to the conservatives. the conservatives have gained 17 seats, labour have lost the 17. what you are also seeing are some quite spectacular conservative gains. there s been a conservative landslide in wandsworth and in london we are picking up seats in brent. i gather that out of all the ones that have been announced so far, we won them, and in other parts of london, where the message very clearly has got home that conservatives councils cost you less and labour councils cost you more, we are doing well. kenneth baker, later lord baker who was party chairman at that time, who ijy was party chairman at that time, who by the way, and this is a sobering thought for people if they are getting excited about that clip, he used t
which have happened since chesham and amersham, it goes back quite a long way, many things people are upset with the government about. a lot of these people voted remain in 2016 but they don t like partygate, they didn t like the owen paterson affair, so many other things they feel can some uncomfortable with, this is not the conservative party date recognise and they want a party that listens to their concerns, a party of local champions who want to stand up for local residents. fire stand up for local residents. are ou stand up for local residents. are you looking stand up for local residents. are you looking to stand up for local residents. are you looking to boost your performance in areas where you have traditionally done well or are you looking to gain actual control of more councils? because that is clearly of the game. we more councils? because that is clearly of the game. more councils? because that is clearly of the game. we are looking to do both- clearly of the game