Current figures for total Con+Ref and Lab+LD+Grn councillors: Con+Ref: 869 (-1 or 0.1%) Lab+LD+Grn: 503 (+27 or 5.7%) In this sense, the main story is a large movement away from Con and Lab, and a sm… (View Post)

He really does want to be a mini-Trump. I don't think this kind of thing is any more appealing to a broad strand of the traditional Right, than to other shades of the political spectrum. (View Post)

Given that (on the BBC's latest figures) both the Tories and Labour have lost about 70% net of the seats they were defending, it's rather remarkable that the net changes in councillors for … (View Post)

At a guess, we're going to end up with quite a lot of town hall mini-Trumps trying to slash services so that they can cut council tax. That may be popular with ex-Tory Refukkers, but perhaps not… (View Post)

Have all the PB Tories sold their accounts to satirists or something? (View Post)