Main UK parties suffer Brexit battering in local elections

LONDON - Britain’s two main parties suffered a drubbing on Friday in English local elections, with Prime Minister Theresa May’s governing Conservatives bearing the brunt of voter frustration over the prolonged Brexit deadlock.

“There was a simple message from yesterday’s elections to both us and the Labour Party: just get on and deliver Brexit,” May said. Corbyn said that he was “very sorry” for the party’s losses, adding there was now “a huge impetus” for the talks to succeed.After voting in June 2016 to leave the European Union, Britain was meant to depart on March 29 this year. However, its exit date has been postponed until 31 October due to the wrangling.With a handful of results still to be declared, the Tories had lost over 1,200 seats, while Labour had lost 81.

If results were replicated nationwide, pollster John Curtice calculated that both the Conservatives and Labour would each get only 28% of the total vote, saying the days of two-party domination “may be over”. The Greens appear to have been boosted by the recent climate protests in London, which brought environmental issues to the front-pages.

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