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The local and mayoral election results have left Rishi Sunak and his party doing much soul-searching - what lessons can be learnt?

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at Tees Valley Mayor Ben Houchen’s celebrations on an otherwise bad day for the Tories It didn’t take long for the weekend’s local and mayoral election defeats to turn into righteous anger in the Conservative Party. After losing their West Midlands mayor, and 474 council seats , senior Tories were quick to air their grievances about the party’s direction.

John Swinney is the only official candidate to become the next leader of the SNP after party activist Graeme McCormick ended his bid.A woman has been arrested on suspicion of neglect after a five-month-old boy suffered a cardiac arrest at Legoland Windsor Resort.Lord of the RingsA rethink on strategy:

The heavy losses at the weekend have raised serious doubts over the party’s 80:20 strategy for the general election. That strategy will see the party focus on its 80 marginal seats alongside the top 20 it believes it can take from. To keep their majority, the Tories would need to keep at least half of those key 80 – something polls suggest is very unlikely. . MPs also have fears over the party’s messaging and lack of vision from the top.

The fiercely Catholic island nation has reversed its no-tolerance policy in what campaigners say could be an example for Britain,writes Vernon Bogdanor.

 

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