decimated, they take the feeling of where things are at here. they put the blame for that at the door of national politics. we got a clue local issue to talk about as well. but national politics is where they are putting the blame for her mood here today. labour, as you say, have thrown the kitchen sink at taking swindon back. notjust launching a campaign here, we have had pretty much every big name labour politician come to visit swindon in the last few weeks. they have put so much stock in taking this town back. they have given the local party an awful lot of physical support. but actually financial support as well, because they see it as a key town to win back if they are going to get back into government. that is not reflected on the conservative side, i have to say. the conservatives are rather frustrated, i have to say. the conservatives are ratherfrustrated, that i have to say. the conservatives are rather frustrated, that is the mood i am picking up here, that they have not had
the lib dems increasing the number of seats by 64. what does that mean for councils changing hands? labour have gained three, the conservatives have gained three, the conservatives have lost 11, and the lib dems have gone up by one. we can have a look at some of those conservative losses. we have mentioned some of them medway in kent, windsor in berkshire. north west leicestershire, hearts smear, traditional conservative areas, and highlighting the problem the conservatives are facing. the conservatives are facing. the conservatives have lost their majority there. let s go to the kent coast and talk about medway, where sir keir starmer has been this morning, celebrating labour s performance so far, and we can see why, because this has been conservative since 2003. labour haven t been in power in this council since 1998, haven t been in power in this councilsince1998, but haven t been in power in this council since 1998, but with 33 seats, that has gone from conservative to being now
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these results have far exceeded our expectations and those of the independent pundits. it’s expectations and those of the independent pundits.- expectations and those of the independent pundits. it s one of the best ever election independent pundits. it s one of the best ever election results best ever election results for liberal democrats council elections. an impressive performance by the liberal decmocrats they are sharing the spoils with labour. greens and independents are also taking seats. counting continues across the country, with more than 100 councils still to declare. we ll bring you those results live. we ll have expert analysis from elections guru professor sirjohn curtice. i ll be crunching the numbers on my big screen, giving you the full picture of these local election results. lots of councils still counting, lots of results still to come. welcome to this politics live politics live local election special. it will be a very busy often because we will have r
they have added three. we will talk about those in a moment. the conservatives are on 13. they have lost 11. the lib dems have added one, in windsor and maidenhead, and they are online. the independently pack the independents are on two. let s open a programme today with our guests, starting with you, andrea. that is the verdict so far up andrea. that is the verdict so far up bad night for the conservatives. that is the rabbit from the public, what is your verdict? what is your verdict? incredibly disappointment. what is your verdict? incredibly disappointment. it what is your verdict? incredibly disappointment. it is what is your verdict? incredibly disappointment. it is as - what is your verdict? incredibly i disappointment. it is as expected that we thought we would lose a number of seats. i would like to pay tribute to so many hard working councillors who will be bitterly disappointed today. at the same time, i don t think we are seeing a huge breakthrough from labour