As local election results continue to pour in, they seem to offer one inescapable conclusion: the Tories remain in deep electoral trouble and will soon be the party of opposition.
“We’re looking at certainly one of the worst, if not the worst, Conservative performance in local government elections for the last 40 years,” declared polling guru John Curtice today.
While final declarations are not expected until Sunday, overnight counts indicate that the Tories have lost around half of the council seats they were defending.
