There is little question that the mayoral and local election results point to a general election rout for the Tories.
Their position is perilous thanks to the prevalence of anti-Conservative voting which is creating a vicious pincer movement against them. In 2019, at the behest of Boris Johnson and his pledge to “get Brexit done”, the party won its first decisive parliamentary majority for decades. That advantage is unravelling as Red Wall voters turn their backs on the Tories.
