Earlier today, the Prime Minister suffered the indignity of seeing of seeing a Labour mayor win in his own constituency as the party hemorrhaged councils and seats.
Council contests across England could yet decide Rishi Sunak s political fate, while they are also a final test of voter opinion ahead of the looming general election.
All Tory eyes will be on Susan Hall to see if she can pull off an upset in London and oust Labour incumbent Sadiq Khan in a result expected to be announced on Saturday afternoon.
As he tries to fend off a fresh coup bid from Tory rebels, Rishi Sunak admitted that results so far were disappointing but insisted Keir Starmer had still not sealed the deal.