cheering and crucially, is the rest of middle england starmer land? it s labour land, and crucially, we haven t won here in medway, since 1998. the lib dems lay siege to the backyards of tory big beasts, flipping councils containing the seats of michael gove and theresa may. and yet the underlying trends in these english elections might also suggest keir starmer not heading for a clear majority in a general election. speaker we ll conduct a full post mortem with the three main parties involved asking if this more than just the latest turn in the political cycle, but the start of a more fundamental structural change. and we pick through the consequences of it all good evening, 1,040 councillors lost in england on any objective measure that represents a local election drubbing for the conservative party,