James is exactly right. Smaller parties generally outperform their Westminster poll ratings in local elections. UKIP certainly did, by large margins. So this spin from Tice etc requires ignoring historical patterns. Reform are not doing well, on any measure.

Election; existential questions for the Tories; how much of the mess is Sunak’s fault?
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BREAKING: Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, becomes the first university in the U.S. to fully divest from Israel.

This was Rachel Corrie’s school.

I’m close to not caring anymore. For the British electorate to be still capable of coughing up a fudged result after all that has been done to them is risible. If they don’t kick the Tories far into oblivion, they deserve what they get.

Mishal Husain: Are you going to change the plan?

Andrew Griffith: No, we're going to keep delivering the plan

Mishal Husain: The reason I ask, because it's a plan that's just lost you 448 councillors.

#r4today

The Tories are the Titanic heading for an iceberg — they are done - The Times and The Sunday Times apple.news/AuL119pjPRdKlk…

'They've treated British people as though they're stupid.'

Caller Theresa is 'embarrassed and ashamed' to reveal her nationality abroad, telling James O'Brien the Conservatives have 'no morality or integrity anymore'.

Tragic if Hall wins 😱

A 3-minute Masterclass on how to dismantle Israeli lies.

chapeau James O'Brien

Really great to see the Greens and Lib Dems making gains too. Maybe the news channels could stop inviting Richard Tice and Reform on all the time and reflect the politics of this country.

Nula Suchet This is a national disgrace a dignified end of life is the sign of a grown up humanitarian nation
I think our nation let alone our health service is broken as it stands at present but this should be right up there for urgent reform especially for an incoming administration

I thought you would be interested in this story from The Times:

A must read from Giles Coren today.

The past is a foreign country, don’t go there. thetimes.co.uk/article/c045a5…

I thought you would be interested in this story from The Times:
Peter Brookes Times cartoon: May 4, 2024. thetimes.co.uk/article/4cb7fa…

Conservatives crushed by ‘worst local election result’ in years theguardian.com/politics/artic…

Martin Rowson on Boris Johnson turning up to vote without ID theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Tories crushed by ‘worst local election result’ in years theguardian.com/politics/artic…

Two years ago CNN released a photo taken by the photographer Anil Prabhakar in the forest in Indonesia. The image shows an orangutan, currently under threat of extinction, while stretching out his hand to help a geologist who fell into a mud pool during his search. When the…