The big winners in the Local Elections have been the Tories and the big losers UKIP but Labour have nothing to smile about they took a big hit. The political pundits are pointing at Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn for the party losses while Labour officials skip around the question when asked.
The BBC are saying if these results were transferred to the General Election, the Tories would have a decent majority. I say decent because of the low turnout at a number of polls it is difficult to make comparisons on low numbers.
The Tories have made gains in Wales with 80 seats while Labour is down over a hundred and it is no better in Scotland with plenty of smiles for the Tories. British Prime Minister Theresa May and her party have made gains in Scotland from both Labour and the SNP to a smaller extent. The gains made to date have been 152 seats with Labour and the SNP down 115 and 14 respectively. The SNP would have expected to pick up many of the Labour party losses before the surge in support for the Tories.
Labour hold Cardiff still and my local constituency remain Labour as well and even with my dislike of Corbyn, I voted Labour this is about local politics not national. I have still not decided where my General Election vote is going. In the bin or to the Labour party.
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