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Tories find reasons to be cheerful despite election bloodbath

On track to lose 500 council seats, Conservatives point to Labour’s failure to win control of Harlow council – by one seat

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Labour’s Claire Ward elected first mayor of East Midlands

Former MP beats Conservatives’ Ben Bradley in region encompassing several former ‘red wall’ seats

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Triumphant Starmer already seems like the prime minister. Now his troubles really begin

Voters want rid of the Tories, but will quickly demand solutions to Britain’s ills, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

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There are good reasons not to take local results as general election predictions

Current political map cannot be compared with the past, but there are warnings for Conservatives to heed nonetheless

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Tories take refuge in fantasy as local election drubbing becomes clear

From party chair Richard Holden to Andrea Leadsom and Rish! himself, their denial verged on the delusional

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London mayor election: First results suggest Ulez could still be problem for Sadiq Khan

The Conservatives won council by-elections in Hillingdon and Wandsworth, while Labour’s vote share dropped

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Lib Dems say council results show they can take Westminster seats from Tories

Ed Davey says ‘lifelong Conservative voters are backing the Lib Dems’ in constituencies party is targeting

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OPINION - The Tories stay calm as they hurtle towards electoral wipeout

I hate to be rude to the voters but this is shaping up to be quite a dull set of election results, in the sense that a lot of priors are being confirmed. A few reflections below:

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London mayoral election results: What will be the first clues to a Sadiq Khan or Susan Hall victory?

Key London Assembly constituency figures will indicate whether Labour retains mayoralty or Tories capture keys to City Hall

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Did we really expect Tory MPs who fought for voter ID rules to follow them? Don’t be ridiculous

We have reached the stage where Sunak’s MPs seek empathy for their inability to comply with their own policies, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

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OPINION - The Standard View: Tories suffer big losses as the race for City Hall is now a waiting game

The votes are still being counted and in London we will not know the result of the mayoral election until Saturday. But one thing is clear: this is shaping up to be as bad a night for the Conservatives as the polls predicted.

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‘Promising signs’: Greens dominate in Bristol election

As party narrowly misses out on overall majority, co-leader says it has won spread of urban and rural seats

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‘I can’t see a bright future’: under-30s on politics and voting in UK elections

Some are optimistic about a change of government after the next general election, while others are frustrated at the choices

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After this week’s squalid experiment, see voter ID for what it is: a Tory scam to steal elections

This exercise in shrinking the electorate to Conservative advantage must not be the new normal, says Guardian columnist Andy Beckett

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Blackpool verdict looks like electoral death sentence for Tories

Full results likely to point to potential drubbing for Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives at the general election

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Key points as local election results show major Tory losses

With almost all council elections declared, Conservatives are on course to lose up to 500 seats

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Blackpool byelection shows Labour is back in Brexit-voting areas

Result indicates sizeable Westminster majority, while Sunak has failed to recover ground since taking over from Liz Truss

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I have a cure for our ailing democracy: ban all donors, British and foreign. Run politics on membership fees

Our system is full of loopholes and vulnerable to millionaires’ and plutocrats’ demands, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Starmer hails Blackpool South win as result points to big Labour victory at general election

Pollsters say early results suggest Tories could lose half of council seats contested, putting party on course for as many as 500 losses

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Labour’s Claire Ward elected first mayor of East Midlands as Sunak gets boost in Tees Valley after Tory losses – live

Party source describes region as ‘beating heart of general election battleground’ as prime minister says Labour threw ‘lot of mud’

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The Guardian view on Rishi Sunak’s future: Britain needs a general election, not another Tory leadership contest

Editorial: Selecting a fourth Conservative prime minister in two years would make this country even more of a laughing stock

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Polls close in local elections with Tories expecting heavy losses

Conservatives predicted to lose 500 council seats in England – about half the number they are defending

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Covid, chemtrails and climate: the wild ideas spread by Reform UK candidates

Some prospective parliamentary candidates have been found to hold fringe views that even the populist party says are ‘eccentric’

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SNP avoids another bruising leadership contest but relief will be short-lived

John Swinney faces series of immediate challenges, including rebuilding cross-party trust at Holyrood

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Make ministers declare WhatsApp contact with lobbyists, MPs say

Committee says use of WhatsApp should be banned on official devices unless there is transparency

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