1 week Ago By Sophia Sleigh
THE Tories are set to lose 700-plus seats in the local elections, the party’s projections show. Even Jesus could not stop a second poll wipeout in a year, an ex-minister said. On Thursday 1,641 councillors on 23 local authorities will be voted in across England .
Tories currently control 19 councils . But a party source said: “It’s a very realistic scenario to imagine we might lose control of every single council.” Reform UK are targeting Tory-run Lincolnshire .
READ MORE ON LOCAL ELECTIONS YouGov polling shows Nigel Farage’s party is also on course to win two key mayoral elections on May 1 in Greater Lincolnshire, and Hull and East Yorkshire . Senior Tories promise there is “no way in hell” they will try to topple leader Kemi Badenoch . One insider said the party “still has PTSD” from ending the careers of so many PMs, with the election mauling from last July still fresh in the memory.
A former cabinet minister said: “We could have Jesus Christ himself leading us and we’d still flop this week.” Most read in The Sun A key by-election will also be held in Runcorn & Helsby where Labour MP Mike Amesbury admitted assault. Insiders say it is a close race with Reform.
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