Boris Johnson said local election results were ‘mixed’ for the Conservative party
(Picture: REUTERS)There’s no way of dressing it up: the local election results were not pretty for the Conservatives. Nowhere was that felt as starkly as across London – not ideal for the party, when around 40% of the total council seats being contested are here in the capital.
The Tory government’s response to hot political issues such as partygate and the cost of living crisis appears to have cost Conservative councillors – even those who saw the danger and appeared not to be taking their usually safe seats for granted.
