Sunak's response to local election failure torn apart in viral video

It is safe to say the Tories has a bad night at the polls.

Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen – one of the Conservative party's biggest recent electoral winners – tells @SophyRidgeSky that the party is currently performing at a "C+".

He says Rishi Sunak needs to reconnect with people and show he understands "on an emotional level"
— Tom Larkin (@TomLarkinSky) May 5, 2023

The BBC has now released its projected national share figures for the local election.

This is the estimate of what the share-of-the-vote figures for each party would have been if elections had taken place in the whole of Britain.

The figures are:

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Labour: 35%

Conservatives: 26%

Lib Dems: 20%

Others: 19%

The last time Labour had a lead on this measure in local elections was in 1997.

Remain areas

Unsurprisingly, the Tories are losing most in remain areas, according to an analysis of today’s results.

Will Jennings tweeted: “An update on how the #LocalElections2023 vote is looking by Brexit vote. We continue to see a clear pattern where the Conservatives are losing most support in Remain voting areas, while Labour is gaining most in places that voted Leave in 2016.”

An update on how the #LocalElections2023 vote is looking by Brexit vote. We continue to see a clear pattern where the Conservatives are losing most support in Remain voting areas, while Labour is gaining most in places that voted Leave in 2016. @SkyNews pic.twitter.com/Y8XPfbH7cb
— Will Jennings (@drjennings) May 5, 2023

Sunak

Rishi Sunak came out to defend the results.

Filmmaker Peter Stefanovic shared his video slamming Sunak’s lame excuses and wrote: “Hold on to your seats for the Prime Ministers response to his party’s local elections Armageddon!”

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Hold on to your seats for the Prime Ministers response to his party’s local elections Armageddon!#LocalElection2023 pic.twitter.com/Nj3yTBX6X2
— Peter Stefanovic (@PeterStefanovi2) May 5, 2023

Local election

This is a good comparison.

Left: Rishi Sunak, "Actually we're making progress in key election battlegrounds."

Right: Greg Hands, "We've lost well run Conservative councils, good Conservative councillors. Clearly, overall it's been a disappointing night." pic.twitter.com/vrqSsYQZ1q
— Farrukh (@implausibleblog) May 5, 2023

This reaction to Peter’s video might well chime with you?

Enough said Peter! As always👍… "So let's break this bollocks down" has to be the best political commentary on this dreadful Govt that I've ever heard. Oh how I wish they would give you a seat in @bbcquestiontime 👍 https://t.co/Wz1FjXSDgX
— Gary Webster (@RealGaryWebster) May 5, 2023