Labour landslide ‘unlikely’ after local elections 

What a load of Tory propaganda bs

Gonna circle back to this when Starmer is PM

The copium is strong with this one. Tories are not going to address this, they are just going to alienate themselves further with ludicrous spin.

I think that Jon Craig was still asleep and dreaming when he was saying that Labour won't wipe out the Tories. When he wakes up he will find that his worst Tory nightmare are happening under his nose.

This is literally delusional. Keep coping Tories.

And now the Tory West Midlands Mayor is toast too.

You were telling us this morning Susan Hall was going to win the London mayoral election (How did that go)

The guy saying the Tories have a majority of 90 is missing two facts: Sunak has lost so many by-elections that the current majority is just over 50. Johnson's "massive majority" was always a lie - it was a series of seats won with tiny majorities that need fairly small swings to go back to Labour.

Bahahahahahahaha! Thanks for the chuckle. Am obviously not watching the tory propaganda, but the thumbnail has hilarious levels of copium in it.

A longue debate (45min) about nothing, pure obfuscation and time wasted. Labour doesn't need a landslide. Labour needs to win the largest share of the votes.

LOL More Tory nonsense...

In the local elections, many vote for smaller parties. Come the General Election, people revert more to the main parties, or rather the main party doing well - plus there will be huge tactical voting to get the Tories out. Barring Reform changing its mind and stepping down for the Tories (which seems very unlikely), it absolutely WILL be a landslide.

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Call the election.

😂😂😂😂😂😂 You’re stuffed.

Andy Street defeated in West Midlands race in a major loss for Tories

Absolutely pointless projection, translating peoples local votes to the national one for one is meaningless. People will vote differently in the GE its as simple as that.

Keep whistling in the wind, Tories.

o dear uncle rupert is desperate,,

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣the Times is so funny!

Keep telling yourselves that. The Tories need to worry about not being the official opposition. As things stand a majority of 150 would be, 'meh'. Not that a three figure majority is ever really meh. Blair's 1997 majority of 179 should be in their sights and certainly 1945's 145 seats. Two hundred would be nice. I'm voting Labour, and I'm a card-carrying member of a different party because I think there's a chance of ousting my Tory MP.

Comedy gold.

The bookmakers have labour at 1 to 8 to win so I doubt the Tories have a chance.

Lol what? After today?

Thy keep comparing the current lot to Major as if Sunak is somehow more preferable to Major? This lot are WORSE than they were in 97, and the country sees that.

Hahahahahahahahah, ahem, sorry...... No Hahahahahahahaha hillarious face saving attempt, British version of Comical Ali??

Amazing how all the tory client media have miraculously come to the same conclusion at the same time. Almost as if they get their messaging from CCHQ.

Nowhere man Ritchie Sunak is waxing his surfboard and big splash Penny Mordaunt is choosing new wallpaper.

Labour will win seats in Scotland as well , nice try Tory Media but your pals are toast

Who is this gammon?

What a joke! Pathetic!

Aged poorly already

this is hilarious !!!

So this is the new narrative that is bein spun

This guy is loopy

A lot of people don't bother about locals it's all about the G E and i think the Tories will be totally demolished.

Time for proportional representation.

What a load of tory tosh! Read the runes, Tori£s OUT !!

I must've missed something because the results I've seen showed Labour absolutely destroyed the Tories?

"To govern with a degree to stability, not great to be relying on Scotland" translation: English voters are worth more than Scottish voters, and by extension the voice of English MP's is worth more than Scottish MP's. Imagine for just one second is a Scottish journalist had said this about English voters, they would be cast out of polite society. The sheer contempt show by the elite ruling class to Scottish voters is staggering and so ingrained it barely even registers.

Why is this wrong? 1. A lot of people stayed home - the very people who don't care about local politics but only who's running the country. 2. Independents will not have the same effect in a general election. Everyone will know that the PM will either be Starmer or Sunak. They will vote accordingly. 3. Local issues will not be part of the mix. 4. The most relevant result of the night was the by-election, which produced a 26% swing. 5. Sunak is a terrible politician and he generally avoids the public as much as he can. This won't be possible during the election campaign. The more people see of him, the more they will want to get rid of him. 6. The direction of travel in the polls is downward. There is no reason to think we have hit bottom. The longer he puts it off the worse it is likely to get.

Labour by over 100 seats.

Our "local" elections were for the Police Commissioner, not the local council.

Oh look it's Jon from Tory News HQ formally known as Sky News UK and he's talking absolute BOLL0X

Ben Houtchen, current guiding star of the Tories, who distanced himself from his party throughout his campaign. Even lost his blue rosette at the declaration. Poor Tories those who love you are ashamed to admit it.

What planet is Anne McCelvoy on? How can you put Sunak and champagne in eh same sentence? Even if they had held on to the West Midlands, would he really be cracking open the champagne?! Seems terribly divorced from reality.

No EU rejoin - no vote.

Hahaha, amazing when the obvious truth shows how lying is all that is left for the Tories.

A landslide for Labour is unlikely, as is pointed out here, because of the Tories’ current majority. But Blair had the biggest majority of the 20th century and the mood is similar to then, if not more vociferously anti-Tory. The longer the Tories hang on in power the more of a spanking they are going to get.

With comprehensive tactical voting it is possible to prevent a single Tory form being elected.

These people are not long for this world.

26% swing in Blackpool. If that doesn't bode a landslide I don't know what does

I love delusional tories… keep them coming please, this channel is the best for it

Pity such a distinguished publication is so obviously prepared to twist the truth in support of a disgraced and superannuated party.

So they retained one Mayor and all is well with the Tory party. Yeah right.

That Sky 'analysis' was ridiculous and that was disappointing from John. If anyone thinks it is still 'all to play for' they need to speak to a GP.... provided they can get an appointment of course. And seriously are people claiming that Houchen winning is a positive sign? The swing there was dramatic, and if that is repeated in the GE, the local tory MP will be eviscerated.

Gonna save this one and come back to it post-election…

I want to see PR so that right wing extremists won't have any say so in policy.

TORIES ARE THE THIRD PARTY

Tories will be lucky to be the official opposition where i live in a blue wall seat the council is now soilid Lib-Dem and you couldn't buy a tory voter

Heavy blinking is a clear sign of overdosing on copium. I hope he gets the help he needs.

Another great listen to remind one of the dangers of inumeritacy and ignorance of statistics.

They would NEVER say that about the Tories if the Tories were the ones who won such massive victories in thos elections. Pure propaganda.

Tories need a few years in opposition. It's the only way that major parties learn the mood of the electorate.

I would love elections if we had any viable parties to vote for.

Labour will be the largest party after the next General Election. I do see Labour forming a coalition

What do you mean the LibDems weren't eye catching? They beat the Tories.

Tory corruption isn't corruption apparently. The reconning is coming.

havent the tories been saying u cant extrapolate local elections into national???

Bwahahaha - who said political satire was dead... hysterical.

Forgettable solipsism here

Muslim outrage in relation to Gaza is justified but why wasn't there similar anger about the widespread grooming scandal across the UK

this video has a 1/40 like to dislike ratio

Goodness.... when all this over, the conservatives will be lucky if they can cobble together 90 seats in total. Never mind Labour having to beat that number in some parliamentary majority.

When are the media ever going to learn? Polls have been consistently incorrect for well over a decade. It’s not surprising really when the sample size is so small.

Yeah what ever go away with your propaganda.

Turnout in my area was 22% ,which means nothing in regards to the General election outcome . I've stopped listening to predictions . They're normally miles out anyway.

"I see no ships"

This thumbnail had me in fits of laughter, good one fellas 😮‍💨

Huge logical fallacy there straightaway. What the current majority is doesn't matter at all. If they're 20 points down in the polls, and losing by-elections by miles, that's a landslide. See 2015- Labour had far more seats than the SNP going in to that election, but it didn't do them any good. The polls were awful for Labour, and they did awfully in the election. Of course, polls can change.But impossible to argue that they don't currently show a landslide.

Labours wet blanket. Waking up.

*What blabbering on.*

Keep saying it and you'll eventually convince yourselves.

Even I with all my dubious of polls neurosis, I remember the '87 and '92 General Election exit polls, even with all that I still see no indication that Sunak can change the polls. Even me! It may not be a landslide but a significant majority for Labour. 40+ is my prediction.

I hope someone plays this back after the GE. There was a massive swing to Labour from the Tories in Blackpool. Time will tell.

I suppose these guys got to knock Labour down in victory or they won't get paid.

Egg on face. Same on Times Radio! Spinning Susan Hall BS all day Friday and Saturday. Now doing the same again!

This is obviously Tory propaganda but that said i hope it's true. This outcome would not be good for the Tories since it would increase the likelihood of PR being brought in.

Boris was economic with the truth?

Not just any old train station- it was the Manchester Central train station, the original terminus of the London Midland railway...

Really is but that is what he wishedThey get all they deserve don't they

I’m not pro labour but you can’t just predict the next election based on these local election results in England where smaller parties & independents are more prevalent. Due to FPTP parties like the Lib Dems and greens will be squeezed. Also reform didn’t stand in that many areas in the locals. Labour can easily win a majority just due to the Tory collapse

I dont think Independents are going to do as well in the General Election. They always do better in local elections. Also the Reform party will split the Tory vote. Also a lot of the analysis of the swing ignored Scotland because it was not voting but will be in the GE. But whatever happens, the next government will at least be Labour-led. Maybe a Lib-Lab pact?

All nationalists should vote and not to labour.

Coppium right here

There is a huge amount of clutching at straws and wishful thinking here.

Jokes! 😂😂

Then it will be PR and no TORY s thank God

I would suggest that although the extreme parties have made a lot of noise, this election shows the centre ground is where people are. As usual

I won't be going to war for this party nor tories r.i.p england

I'll just keep this, and remind you of it after the General Election. I don't think landslides are actually good things, but .... your reasoning (or his, rather) against one are flabby in the extreme.