Suella Braverman was forced to resign as Home Secretary under Liz Truss. She was then fired as Home Secretary by Rishi Sunak. She now faces the prospect of losing her seat at the General Election. It’s over for the Tories, whether they lurch even further to the right or not.

The Tories were thrashed in the local and Mayoral elections.

Reform UK were humiliated.

So why is the BBC’s flagship weekend political programme bothering with Suella Braverman?

The irony, of course, is that Suella Braverman is at risk of losing her own seat at the General Election.

Labour Mayors now run

London
Manchester
Liverpool
West Midlands
East Midlands
South Yorkshire
West Yorkshire
York and North Yorkshire
North East
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
West of England

The Tories run Tees Valley

The irony, of course, is that Suella Braverman is at risk of losing her own seat at the General Election.

Reform UK have made the tragic error of confusing angry, shouty people on social media for the actual electorate.

Interesting that in London, which is the UK’s most diverse city, Reform UK managed only 3.2% of the vote in the Mayoral election. When human beings actually live with people from different backgrounds, they tend to get along just fine.

Reform UK have made the tragic error of confusing angry, shouty people on social media for the actual electorate.

The Mayor of Birmingham does not exist.
The Lord Mayor of Birmingham is Chaman Lal - his Sikh family were British/Indian army officers during the Second World War, his uncle sadly lost his life in the Burma campaign.

The Mayor of Leeds does not exist.
The Lord Mayor of Leeds…

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.

Labour Mayors now run

London
Manchester
Liverpool
West Midlands
East Midlands
South Yorkshire
West Yorkshire
York and North Yorkshire
North East
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
West of England

The Tories run Tees Valley

Absolutely gutted to be so near, yet so far.

It has been my honour to serve citizens in the WM for the last seven years, and I hope I have done it with dignity & integrity.

I am proud of what we have achieved together and I hope my successor can build upon it.

Thank you all.