A truly magnificent effort from the Mail on Sunday, whose front page is a poll on the King’s popularity - with a sidebar on Angela Rayner - and absolutely no mention whatsoever of the thrashing the Tories have just received in the last major polls ahead of the General Election.

So elegant in defeat.

Something the rest of his Party should learn from, especially when crowing about their rare victories.

Yes try the Rayner story again lads. It'll definitely work this time

Oh dear!

Save the last flounce for me, Dan!

#OYP

Suella Braverman lives in an alternate reality.

Candidates like Andy Street look like they’re in the wrong party. Doesn’t means they should be Labour. Just means they don’t look at home with the Tories.

Susan Hall, Dan Wootton and Laurence Fox, RT if London is happy to see them leave.

Lovely speech from the new West Midlands Mayor Richard Parker thanking Andy Street for his service

Andy Street spoke beautifully too.

They both have such an obvious pride in their home.

Compare and contrast with Susan Hall in London 👀

BREAKING: Labour’s Richard Parker pulls off shock victory in West Midlands, beating Tory incumbent Andy Street by a whisker, sources say.

Huge blow to Rishi Sunak - this was one of two mayoralties Downing Street had hoped would help turn round losing narrative.

The word 'royal' is just an adjective.
Lilibet is just a name.
Tours are just a type of spending time.
Visiting hospitals is just charity.

The Windsors don't own any of these. Thinking that common words, names, clothes, activities are their property is pure ignorance.

🚨 NEW: The incumbent Tory Andy Street, who campaigned using green leaflets without any mention of the Conservatives and Rishi Sunak, has lost to the Labour candidate he hired for £25k for leadership advice a few years ago

[Sam Coates Sky]

So surprising that Susan Hall’s policy to “end free school meals” didn’t sweep her into City Hall with a landslide.

BREAKING: Understand that Labour’s Richard Parker is set to take the W Mids mayor. Big upset and Starmer will take as huge win

🚨 BREAKING: Keir Starmer is in Birmingham ready to celebrate Labour's win for West Midlands Mayor

It is the biggest Tory upset of this set of results so far and a major blow to Rishi Sunak's leadership

The Tories asked to be judged on this race and not the council results

🚨 BREAKING: Labour and Tory sources say that Labour has defeated the Tories for West Midlands Mayor

The result is not yet out

What you wanna bet Susan Hall becomes Baroness Susan Hall like failed ex Tory mayoral covid party rule breaking candidate Baron Shaun Bailey?

The Tories are shamelessly corrupt so it won't surprise me.

A big congratulations to Mayor Sadiq Khan on a well-earned victory. His innovative leadership has made London safer, healthier, more inclusive and more prosperous. I look forward to seeing - and continuing to support - the progress London will make in the years ahead.

GB News presenter fuelling Trumpian electoral fraud conspiracy theories, is it?

To want to be Prime Minister, for a man as wealthy and unempathetic as Rishi Sunak, was nothing more than a vanity project at the expense of the wellbeing of the people he disingenuously purported to serve.
Is there a bigger public service crime?
His arrogance is gargantuan.