Polling expert John Curtice is as reliable an authority on local elections as anyone – his view: this is the worst Tory performance in almost half a century.
And it could, likely will, get even worse as the day progresses. Here’s the view from a less reliable source, Lee Anderson, a former deputy chairman of the Conservative party: “The public have made their mind up. Rishi Sunak could fly around the UK tonight, drop a million pound down every chimney and people still wouldn’t vote for them.
December 2021: Boris Johnson’s Communications tsar Allegra Stratton quits, after footage emerged of her laughing and joking about the secret parties going on inside Downing Street, whilst tens of thousands were dying of Covid-19. She resigned in distress on her own doorstep in floods of tears on national television. Mr Johnson thanked her, without taking any responsibility for what had happened. June 2022: The Prime Minister’s Ethics Advisor, Lord Geidt quits.
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