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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
John Crace

Toxic Tories doomed as Sunak hunkers down and Labour sticks the boot in

Rachel Reeves walks off stage with seated audience applauding to one side
Th shadow chancellor, Rachel Reeves, after a speech in London on Tuesday. Photograph: Jordan Pettitt/PA

The last time most of us saw Rishi Sunak was on Friday lunchtime. He was surrounded by armoured vehicles. His private security detail to protect him from angry Conservative MPs. Appearing in his own BBC hostage video, he declared that it was far too soon to draw any conclusions about the local elections as not all of the results were in.

Nothing escapes our Rish!. For once he was right. The later results were even worse for the government than the earlier ones. Culminating in the loss of the West Midlands mayoralty. One of the Tories’ home bankers. Andy Street couldn’t win in Birmingham even without any mention of Sunak or the Conservatives on his campaign literature. The brand is that toxic.

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