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from BBC R4:​

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Party in freefall, says Tory mayor​

Conservative Mayor of Tees Valley, Ben Houchen, has told Radio 4’s PM programme the poor Tory performance is a partly a result of “the turmoil and upheaval of the last 12 months”.
"There has been an issue that the Labour Party have been quite successful in making this a referendum on the government, it was very much about the cost of living, NHS… we could have done better at being able to tackle those questions," he said.
“The risk that we have is that we’ve shot ourselves in the foot as a party for so long now, people are frustrated, people don’t feel like they can vote for us… and what is interesting – and we saw it on the ground in Teeside… it’s more the Conservative Party is in freefall at the moment and the Labour Party aren’t particularly making any ground.”
On what the government needs to be doing, he said, “I’m not sure we currently align with where people are at the moment… I think we do need to get better at emotionally engaging with the public."

The irony of the tetchy guy who abuses and blocks anyone asking questions
 
TeessideCleveland said:
BBC saying Tories lost more seats than Guardian , but Labour gained more on Guardian - am sure 'it will all come out in the wash'
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Looking at the guardian one now. It seems a bit more up to date. Difficult to know the exact picture other than its bad for the tories. Nice to see the greens making some headway.
 
MolteniArcore said:
It’s a disaster for the Tories and a decent night for Labour. Surprising that some many pro-Leave areas have backed Labour like they have. I was astounded that Dover turned to Labour.
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I`m in shock at the South East turning away from Conservative

Thanet, were I used to live tend to vote in a right wing party......gone to Labour

GE in 18 months, lets wipe them out for generations to come
 
ForssAwakens said:
How successful has today been for Labour overall. Lib Dem’s and greens together have gained about the same as Labour
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This is the key question.
Extremely happy to see the Tories getting trounced BUT, at this moment, i don’t think Labour have performed as well as they’d have hoped, in terms of gains. I think publicly they would say 400 is good, but privately I believe they would have hoped for 6-700 ish to really lay down a marker. Don’t know if they’ll get there now?
Will be interesting ( or predictable) to see how all parties spin it.
Happy for the Greens, although maybe their success has been bolstered a bit by anti-Starmer protest voters.
 
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