Cold shower the day after the local elections in London. While the capital has been in the hands of Labor Sadiq Khan (Labour) for six years, the Conservative Party (Tories) lost its most prestigious districts on Friday May 6. Even that of Boris Johnson (Hillingdon) turns left. Like Wandsworth, favorite neighborhood
of the late Margaret Thatcher [1979-1990]… But the biggest disappointment has been Westminster, a conservative nest since its creation in 1964.
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Hot shot for Johnson
The country deserve better than Boris Johnson
, Labor leader Keir Starmer concludes. Disavowed at the polls, weakened by many scandals and his feasts in full confinement, the Prime Minister sees mistrust swell again: He must prove his integrity
As the country struggles with record inflation (+7% in one year), tackle Stephen Hammond, ex-minister and rebellious MP for Wimbledon, where the Conservatives are retreating in favor of the Liberal Democrats.
Labour’s lukewarm victory
Tasty in London, the Labor victory turns out to be less brilliant than expected in the rest of the country. This Friday evening, while the counting continues, Labor has already won 255 seats (+9 councils out of 200) but it is above all the Liberal Democrats who surprise (+188 seats, + 5 councils). With the Greens (+78 seats, 0 council), they benefit from the erosion of the conservative vote (-397, -12 councils). As in Scotland, where the SNP (independence, in power) is strengthening and Labor is rising to 2nd position.
Labor is also disillusioned with the opening, this Friday, of a police investigation against Keir Starmer, suspected of having also flouted confinement by feasting, in April 2021.
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Revolution in Northern Ireland?
The suspense drags on, this Friday evening, in the small province (2.8 million inhabitants). At a third of the count, Sinn Fein (SF), former political showcase of the Irish Republican Army (IRA), is in the lead with 16 seats out of 90, against two seats for the unionists of the DUP in power. A victory for the SF would be a first in history and would lead to the appointment of a nationalist Prime Minister, in favor of reunification with the Republic of Ireland and therefore of a divorce with Great Britain. The coalition being de rigueur since the Peace Accords signed in 1998 to put an end to thirty years of civil war (3,500 killed), he should govern with the unionists and the centrists of the Alliance (in progress). Ulcerated at the idea of losing control, the DUP says it is already ready to block any alliance.