Debacle
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More than a consecration Of Labor, it was an anti-conservative wave which fell on England and Wales during last Thursday’s local elections, further weakening a government which only holds one hand. thread.
The catastrophe had been predicted for a long time: in the United Kingdom, the Conservative Party has been behind Labor in the polls for two and a half years, and the gap between them has stabilized at around twenty points. In this context, no one expected the current government to emerge with its head held high from the local elections, the last test before the legislative elections which must be organized in the second half of the year. But, over the course of the counting – a long affair which involves samples, many volunteers, and often continues late into the night – the defeat which emerged is one of the worst that the British Conservative Party has recorded in forty years.
After fourteen years in power, a series of austerity policies which have eroded public services while lowering living standards, and less and less credible leadership, the punishment seems commensurate with the damage. Of the 107 local councils at stake, Labor added eight to their list and the Liberal Democrats two, while the Conservatives lost ten, giving up 473 seats. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak admitted the losses, which extended into his own constituency, were “disappointing”. For his part, the head of labor
