Neil Moors wrote:A very good night for Labour, and indeed the Lib Dems. And of course, we didn't have Wales, Scotland and London.
What happens now with the Tories will be fascinating - will they gravitate back to Johnson? Will they keep with the gently as we go, sensible government style with Sunak? I suspect parts of the party will run off in opposite directions.
Fascinating is right Neil. Very few would have predicted (certainly not Keith) that both Medway and Dover would turn red. These are prime 'stop the boats' constituencies in the minds of Tory strategists. Maybe Natalie might get the message that not all Dovorians are as gullible as she thinks?
On the national map, it's clear that the Tories were subjected to something of a pincer movement. The Lib Dems garnered massive support from the remainers, now even more convinced that they were right and thoroughly dismayed by the risible incompetence and mendacity of Johnson and Truss. Meanwhile the so called red wall also appears to be grasping reality. Stoke and Hartlepool giving up on their erstwhile blue saviours. Hopefully the end of that odious bigot Gullis might be on the cards. Reshuffle in the summer? Will Sunak take the pragmatic approach?