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Tories have "a diabolically bad time" in wake of local elections

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Publish Date
Tue, 7 May 2024, 11:39AM
Conservative party candidate Lord Ben Houchen, left, with Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak following his re-election as Tees Valley Mayor in Teesside, England, Friday May 3, 2024. (Owen Humphreys/PA via AP)
Conservative party candidate Lord Ben Houchen, left, with Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak following his re-election as Tees Valley Mayor in Teesside, England, Friday May 3, 2024. (Owen Humphreys/PA via AP)

Tories have "a diabolically bad time" in wake of local elections

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Tue, 7 May 2024, 11:39AM

It’s not boding well for the Tories in the wake of the local elections. 

The Conservative Party has lost over 500 councillors, making it the worst result not only in living memory but in the party’s history. 

UK Correspondent Rod Liddle told Mike Hosking that the results came in during a glorious week for Rishi Sunak, but it did him no favours at all. 

He said they’re in a position now where there’s pretty much nothing they can do. 

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