In Hertfordshire’s towns, as across so much of formerly ‘true blue’ England, the appetite for change proved decisively strong
stood up at Conservative spring conference to praise the “calm suburbia of Hertfordshire”, home to his own Hertsmere constituency, and vowed to defend the “privet hedges of a free people”.
– initially designed as a piece of pre-election expectation management – the Conservatives have 16 seats on the council, four short of the 20 needed for a majority. . But his view of Labour and Keir Starmer was not necessarily much better. “Starmer trying to outdo Rishi and Rishi trying to outdo Starmer. They’re all morons in their own way.”
As the final results across England were collated and announced on Saturday, the message became ever clearer. Arguments can be made about the level of support Labour received and whether it puts Starmer on course,What was unequivocal, however, was that this was an anti-Tory set of results. The party’s 26% projected national vote share was one of its worst performances and at the lowest end of expectations.
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