and will they be enough to trigger a vote of no confidence by the tories in the prime minister? often in the middle of a national government s term, the electorate are keen to give the incumbent government a bloody nose. how likely is that? a couple of issues here, | for the one thing is that, you are right, these are local elections, they are city - councils, county councils, where people get to - express their democratically. how they re feeling i about life in general, and that can be seen. the particular importance i of this one is that everyone is looking, including - borisjohnson s own mps, they are still not sure - whether the man who delivered a massive majority is. still an electoral asset, or through various scandals, partygate, etc, or if- he is a liability.
the particular importance of this | one is that everyone is looking, | including borisjohnson s own mps, they are still not sure whether the man who delivered a massive majority is still- an electoral asset, or through various| scandals, partygate, - etc, or if he is a liability. obviously the papers, left and right, will- give him a good kicking. he has not been tested yet about what his electoral. brand is still worth. so people will be looking for that and everybody will be looking like hawks at it. however, many of the seats were won by labour in times when labour- was doing very well, so the potential for a massive. in terms of huge numbers of county councils and city councils moving to labour, many of them already are, so to seem there won t be this kind of wave, i but there will be little pockets i in those red wall seats, seats that used to vote | labour, year after year, -
county councils, where people get | to express their democratically. j how they re feeling i about life in general, and that can be seen. the particular importance of this | one is that everyone is looking, | including borisjohnson s own mps, they are still not sure whether the man who delivered a massive majority is still- an electoral asset, or through various| scandals, partygate, - etc, or if he is a liability. obviously the papers, left and right, obviously the papers, left and right, will obviously the papers, left and right, will give obviously the papers, left and right, will give him obviously the papers, left and right, will give him a - obviously the papers, left and right, will give him a good - obviously the papers, left and - right, will give him a good kicking. he has not been tested yet about what his electoral. brand is still worth. so people will be looking for that and everybody will be looking like hawks at it. however, many of the seats were won by labour
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