A deluded minister was confronted with angry Tory councillors savaging the Government after their local election drubbing - with one saying voters think they're not "on their side".
The Conservatives lost more than 1,000 seats on a catastrophic night for Rishi Sunak, losing control of 48 local authorities and seeing 1,058 politicians cast out.
But Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer brazenly claimed things had improved for the Conservatives despite the results.