Matter of trust: fitness instructor John Jones is disillusioned with the Tories
(Picture: Lucy Young)“Four years ago we were written off,” recalls Ravi Govindia, Tory leader of Wandsworth council — the Conservatives’ flagship London borough. “Sadiq Khan came to the count wanting to have a huge celebration and he ran off.”
Despite winning the popular vote in 2018 and gaining seven councillors, Labour’s hopes of seizing control of a council that has been Tory run since 1978 came up short. This time Labour hopes the maelstrom around Boris Johnson, parties in Downing Street and the cost of living crisis will tip the balance in their favour.
