Should skewed towards the labour base in. should have skewed towards the labour base in. should have been labour s day, we heard should have been labour s day, we heard that should have been labour s day, we heard that we were going to lose 800 seats, heard that we were going to lose 800 seats, they heard that we were going to lose 800 seats, they have fallen well short of that seats, they have fallen well short of that. ., ., ., of that. no-one ever thought it would be as of that. no-one ever thought it would be as much of that. no-one ever thought it would be as much as of that. no-one ever thought it would be as much as 800, - of that. no-one ever thought it would be as much as 800, that of that. no-one ever thought it - would be as much as 800, that would have been a complete and utter disaster. there is a spread in terms of the losses for conservatives. i m just trying to ask you what you think is the problem here. you have not to think is the problem here. you
We didn t win this seat in wandsworth. in 2002, after our landslide victory in 2001, we didn t win this seat in wandsworth, and we ve done it in 2022. wandsworth s former leader blamed the loss on the cost of living and said what he called the issue of borisjohnson was raised. that was echoed by tory councillors elsewhere. it s partygate, it s notjust partygate. there is the integrity issue. basically, ijust don t feel people any longer have the confidence that their prime minister can be relied upon to tell the truth. the conservatives lost barnet in north london to labour too, and in a bigger upset, westminster, and southampton, this is a massive turning point for the labour party, we are back on track for the general election, showing the hard change we have done in the last two years, what a
Conservatives to become the second party, although not much evidence they would take seats from the snp, where all councils are being contested. nick eardley is in barnet, we havejust been contested. nick eardley is in barnet, we have just been talking about it, a lovely sunny day, but i cannot tell from inside the studio! how is it looking there? it is cannot tell from inside the studio! how is it looking there? how is it looking there? it is very sunn , how is it looking there? it is very sunny. jo. how is it looking there? it is very sunny. lo a how is it looking there? it is very sunny, jo, a lovely how is it looking there? it is very sunny, jo, a lovely day! - how is it looking there? it is very sunny, jo, a lovely day! keir- sunny, jo, a lovely day! keir starmer was here about 40 minutes ago, and this is definitely one of those seats or councils, i should say, that you will hear labour shouting about over the next 24 hours, along with wandsworth and westminster, those part
In london. the labour party does well in london, london has been trending towards the labour party over time. outside of london, a real patchwork of the sort of places that are up. some are into thirds, some are not. this is, if we are looking for a trend, what we can say is that the labour party, i can show you here to give you a global view, if you re looking for a trend, the labour party are doing better than they did in 2018. they did pretty well under jeremy corbyn in london, doing better still. the conservatives doing badly, they are becoming something of an endangered species in london. they only had seven councils going into these elections. they will have far fewer than that coming out of it. their only counselling in inner london will be kensington and chelsea. their only council in inner london. they have lost westminster and wandsworth. in the north, a different story, the labour party
Have out with two or three, and one they have lost out with two or three, and one they have lost is out with two or three, and one they have lost is wandsworth, a conservative council since 1978, a so-caiied conservative council since 1978, a so called flagship cancer, you have heard so called flagship cancer, you have heard the so called flagship cancer, you have heard the cliche is many times this morning. heard the cliche is many times this morning. i heard the cliche is many times this morning, i am sure, heard the cliche is many times this morning, lam sure, and labour had morning, iam sure, and labour had taken morning, lam sure, and labour had taken it morning, lam sure, and labour had taken it morning, lam sure, and labour had taken it. flagship council. in terms taken it. flagship council. in terms of taken it. flagship council. in terms of parliamentary politics, all three terms of parliamentary politics, all three seats in the wandsworth bor