Positives and areas where they have managed to hold control of councils, potentially some of the mayor raises my give them a bit of a Silver Lining but on the whole, the great picture is pretty bleak for the tories. Let me show you this. First of all, this is the vote share compared to 2021 when the seats were last contested. In 2021, Boris Johnson got a bit of around two bounce after the Vaccine Roller but look what happened since. The change in the last three years. That is the tory vote change, down 14 . That is pretty big. Its worth looking through some councils when the conservatives used to be in power but are not any more because of this. Have a look here at redditch. This is a Bellwether Seat and we said that all morning and an area with the parties think the result is pretty indicative of how the country is feeling. Look at that. The conservatives have lost 11 seats, labour won ten and it means this long line of blue down here is done. This is now a labour controlled council.
and now you have the british leaving brexit. you have a president in the united states who really wants to see either go off on its own or gave that impression. we may rue the day when the germans are not tied down by trans-atlantic bombs. the famous statement of the general of nato, nato was createed to keep the russian out and the americans in and the germans down. in the end, probably the germans will leave a united europe. wee need to cultivate whatever ties we have. it s not a day to rejoice when we weaken the trance-atlantic ties. i think charles is one of many who was disappointed with the president s style. they are both playing to the
and now you have the british leaving brexit. you have a president in the united states who really wants to see either go off on its own or gave that impression. we may rue the day when the germans are not tied down by trans-atlantic bombs. the famous statement of the general of nato, nato was createed to keep the russian out and the americans in and the germans down. in the end, probably the germans will leave a united europe. wee need to cultivate whatever ties we have. it s not a day to rejoice when we weaken the trance-atlantic ties. i think charles is one of many who was disappointed with the president s style. they are both playing to the street.