Local elections could spell trouble for the Tories | Professor Tony Travers

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  • ‘’If it's more than 500 more than half of the seats they hold, that will be seen as very bad news.’’
    Polls suggest Tories could lose half of the council seats that the party holds, Professor Tony Travers tells #TimesRadio.
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  • @dopelyrics6223
    @dopelyrics6223 Місяць тому +60

    You shouldn’t be asking “How bad is it for the Tories?”. The question is, “How bad is it for the British people?”
    Answer: Intolerable.

  • @TheoisKing
    @TheoisKing Місяць тому +37

    Vote them out !!!!!!!!! The most uncaring party to date, and I’ve ALWAYS voted Tories

  • @catherinemartin6258
    @catherinemartin6258 Місяць тому +13

    The younger generation who wouldn’t normally bother to vote can’t wait to vote that’s how bad it is .

  • @djmarti7773
    @djmarti7773 Місяць тому +26

    Jail the corrupt politician's and donors who gained throughout the covid scandal.
    Where did the track and trace money go????

    • @danielwebb8402
      @danielwebb8402 Місяць тому

      On track and trace.
      You don't know anyone that had a covid test?

    • @boota1979
      @boota1979 Місяць тому

      @@danielwebb8402 I know two people worked from home on track and trace and in a 12 week period neither of them had one single phone call, they literally got paid for doing nothing.

    • @jsd8981
      @jsd8981 Місяць тому +5

      No jail the the homeless and the vulnerable...they are the easiest to deal with when that is done go after the unemployed then pensioners...

    • @clintcumberland1664
      @clintcumberland1664 Місяць тому

      @@danielwebb8402I didn’t get one 🙄

  • @Tom_murray89
    @Tom_murray89 Місяць тому +12

    A general election needs to be called and held asap

    • @PricelessJesus
      @PricelessJesus Місяць тому +1

      Absolutely

    • @juliegreen640
      @juliegreen640 Місяць тому

      I would say a General Election needs to be called Urgently before it's too late.....

  • @nicks4934
    @nicks4934 Місяць тому +28

    Bye bye and good riddence

  • @MattBooth
    @MattBooth Місяць тому +15

    The Tories never deserved power.

    • @maccagrabme
      @maccagrabme Місяць тому +3

      Been stringing us all along since Cameron and never intended to deliver. Complete waste of our time.

    • @MattBooth
      @MattBooth Місяць тому +1

      @@Bazgren8843 start a right wing party that isn't nuts and vote for that. There's no excuse to vote for nutjobs just because, on paper, they're right wing like you

  • @brianferguson7840
    @brianferguson7840 Місяць тому +13

    "COULD" spell trouble ?😂
    Are you taking the pish😅

  • @Jon-hh3gz
    @Jon-hh3gz Місяць тому +22

    Game over

  • @diligentmindz
    @diligentmindz Місяць тому +19

    Just get on with it! Delaying the inevitable doesn’t change the outcome, it just exaggerates the scale of it.

    • @richardruff8712
      @richardruff8712 Місяць тому

      The longer they dither in the bunker under Downing Street, the worse will be the Armageddon approaching...

  • @SlowhandGreg
    @SlowhandGreg Місяць тому +38

    Sunak has presided over a high speed train that doesn't go to London and doesn't go to Birmingham
    Whats more expensive than an infrastructure project with escalating costs
    Cancelling an infrastructure project with escalating costs

    • @Norfolkbiker50
      @Norfolkbiker50 Місяць тому +3

      A friend of mine quit his job of nearly 10 years and moved 150 miles away because he had got a job working on HS2, I haven't heard from him for a while but he must be gutted.

    • @crayontom9687
      @crayontom9687 Місяць тому +2

      Yeah but the big construction companies got ten years on the gravy train. So there’s that

    • @alanwatterson2850
      @alanwatterson2850 Місяць тому +1

      It's spelled Sunk.

  • @jonathancardy9941
    @jonathancardy9941 Місяць тому +7

    Big question is how the Tories do in seats where Reform UK stands as opposed to where it doesn't. Reform UK is standing in some big contests such as Greater London, but it takes a lot more local organisation to contest thousands of seats, including the 900 where the Tories are defending.

  • @markieuanroberts
    @markieuanroberts Місяць тому +33

    Vote on the basis of who you believe should be in Prison, homeless victims of inadequate health, mental health and council housing provision or mayors giving their mates council land for £1 per acre.

    • @oliverraven
      @oliverraven Місяць тому +1

      If they're gonna be that corrupt, they could at least sell by the hectare!

    • @PassiveAgressive319
      @PassiveAgressive319 Місяць тому +1

      I’m with you on this👍

  • @jeffsmith3392
    @jeffsmith3392 Місяць тому +11

    One Nation Tories might think they’re going into opposition instead of oblivion.

  • @blackdogbarking
    @blackdogbarking Місяць тому +7

    Any local community would have to be insane to leave such corrupt folk in charge of their affairs, hopefully losing a load of tory councillors may weaken the grip the masons etc have on our establishment at local level.

    • @CliveSwabs
      @CliveSwabs Місяць тому +1

      We are getting out ths country .its the only way to escape these demons

  • @brianferguson7840
    @brianferguson7840 Місяць тому +7

    So bad they are funny😂😂😂

  • @harveybrown37
    @harveybrown37 Місяць тому +11

    Could? Lol Dead Party Walking

  • @user-sn3ch4mt4i
    @user-sn3ch4mt4i Місяць тому +2

    Just how strong could a party be when at it's head sits a politician who wasn't directly elected to his post but got there due to political necessities and maneuvering?

  • @seanoleary771
    @seanoleary771 Місяць тому +25

    Lol. You may like Khan or not, but he's going to crush Hall by 20 points minimum. She's utterly hopeless.

    • @julianshepherd2038
      @julianshepherd2038 Місяць тому

      She never got over not being robbed.
      Probably the Deep State moved her ticket.

    • @Dav1Gv
      @Dav1Gv Місяць тому +4

      Not to mention the zombie film advert - I thought that was hilarious

    • @TOP.FOX.
      @TOP.FOX. Місяць тому

      If khan gets back in London deserve all that's coming to them they got the chance to get rid of this racist snake if they dont take it .then it's all their own fault.

    • @davidpearn2484
      @davidpearn2484 Місяць тому +1

      Hopeless is being Generous.

  • @markjeffery7319
    @markjeffery7319 Місяць тому +1

    Having an "expert" professor on who doesn't know that none of the Unitary Councils are having elections neither "answers the question" nor is really good enough, poor.

  • @richardruff8712
    @richardruff8712 Місяць тому +2

    The title... " could spell trouble " should be... " could spell Armageddon "... we'll see !

  • @philipriley2253
    @philipriley2253 Місяць тому +2

    Never mind how bad for the tories, how bad for the UK population. An unmandated PM who is stripping our right to strike/protest, who had robbed the treasury of billions & who are salting the earth for the Labour Government. I received a tory pamphlet for the tory candidate last week & on looking out of the window saw her on her own, not a single person prepared to help tells you everything.Let's not forget the last local elections when they said they'd lose 800 hoping to lose less and call it a victory. They lost over 1,000, Let's hope they are wrong again losing well over 500..

  • @MattBooth
    @MattBooth Місяць тому +4

    The Tories did not "do rather well" in the last local elections. They just didn't do as badly as they thought. They haemorrhaged seats. It was part of this as the reason Johnson was given the boot!

  • @andrewmaccallum2367
    @andrewmaccallum2367 Місяць тому +1

    2 simple rules for life;
    No.1 - Never trust a tory
    No.2 - Never forget rule number 1

  • @blackdogbarking
    @blackdogbarking Місяць тому +2

    Cant wait for second round of voting

  • @dsaunders-zv9hh
    @dsaunders-zv9hh Місяць тому +1

    Ben Wallace or Rory Stewart for PM, two men with moral high standards and integrity, probably why they resigned.

  • @kurman4749
    @kurman4749 Місяць тому

    ''Local elections could spell trouble for the Tories.'' That is the understatement of the century.

  • @seabreezedesigns.
    @seabreezedesigns. Місяць тому

    I won't be voting till this war has stopped!

  • @juliegreen640
    @juliegreen640 Місяць тому +1

    PLEASE PLEASE DONT FORGET YOU PICTURE ID AND VOTE ON THE 2ND MAY.... SHOW SOME BOTTLE UNLESS YOU WANT 5 YEARS OF THE SAME.... .THIS IS YOUR CHOICE......

  • @PricelessJesus
    @PricelessJesus Місяць тому +1

    Yeharrr TORIES OUT

  • @paulwright9106
    @paulwright9106 Місяць тому +1

    I can only hope the Tories get trashed . In the local elections I shall not vote for the P C C as I do not believe we need one . Politicans should not dictate to the police .

  • @KingJuliannnn
    @KingJuliannnn Місяць тому +2

    Voting labour

  • @lokischildren7862
    @lokischildren7862 Місяць тому +2

    Tees valley free port is q massive Tory ecam

  • @bobjones3573
    @bobjones3573 Місяць тому +2

    bye bye Tories, even all those imaginary friends couldn't get your numbers up. LOL Don't forget to change your Facebook status.

  • @crayontom9687
    @crayontom9687 Місяць тому +3

    The Times is so focussed on how everything affects the Tory party. Try doing your job and thinking about how the British people are doing

  • @martinahardaker8739
    @martinahardaker8739 Місяць тому +4

    'er..name..date of birth..passport number..DNA certificate...grandmothers name..family tree back to Magna Carta.."...OK Bill...give this one a voting slip..

  • @theshadowdirector
    @theshadowdirector Місяць тому

    Could?

  • @timsimmons5953
    @timsimmons5953 Місяць тому +4

    Brexit

  • @andrs8953
    @andrs8953 Місяць тому

    clown 🤡 premier

  • @Mike_5
    @Mike_5 Місяць тому

    Ed Davey has been Buoyed by this news and is already maybe talking about a Coalition

  • @iainmore3961
    @iainmore3961 Місяць тому

    Blue Tories or Red Tories Or Green Wokists or Orange Wokists. That isn't any kind of choice

  • @Njordall
    @Njordall Місяць тому +3

    Are you guys going to declare Sharia law in England? It sure looks like it from a far.

    • @Paul-kw4js
      @Paul-kw4js Місяць тому +1

      Only if you refuse to observe daily prayer.

    • @ScepticalBrit
      @ScepticalBrit Місяць тому +1

      Only a complete idiot would come to that conclusion 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @Njordall
      @Njordall Місяць тому +1

      @@Paul-kw4js lol there is no God

    • @williamjenman6902
      @williamjenman6902 Місяць тому +9

      Er... no. And there are no "no go" areas either. Where the heck are you getting your info?

    • @julianshepherd2038
      @julianshepherd2038 Місяць тому +1

      No

  • @StPiter111
    @StPiter111 Місяць тому +2

    Bring Boris back, pleaZe 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @nicks4934
      @nicks4934 Місяць тому +2

      😂😂😂

    • @prideofdurham4776
      @prideofdurham4776 Місяць тому +7

      @Stpitir111. Are you effing nuts? HE started this mess.Parties , Cash for contracts , PPE and Track/Trace money that 'disappeared'.

    • @boota1979
      @boota1979 Місяць тому +1

      @@prideofdurham4776 And who benefitted the most?

    • @user-lm8ou6rw9e
      @user-lm8ou6rw9e Місяць тому

      @@prideofdurham4776 Don't get drawn in, they're russian.

  • @SpookyFox1000
    @SpookyFox1000 Місяць тому +1

    I’ll vote Tory in the locals. No doubt they can run a council better than the rest but will vote Reform at the General election

    • @crayontom9687
      @crayontom9687 Місяць тому

      Go and speak to the people of Northamptonshire, they will give you a different view

    • @maccagrabme
      @maccagrabme Місяць тому +1

      I doubt reform are running at the locals anyway?

    • @jackn4853
      @jackn4853 Місяць тому

      @@maccagrabme The poster said Reform at the GE. Learn ome comprehension, and why the question mark at the end of a statement?

    • @maccagrabme
      @maccagrabme Місяць тому

      @@jackn4853 What do you mean learn comprehension, I understood everything he said or maybe you didn't understand anything I said? I won't be wasting any vote on the Tories, local or national.

    • @richardruff8712
      @richardruff8712 Місяць тому

      @@maccagrabme Beginning to look as if a vote, for ANY Tory, is a vote for Treason... We must all try to get these failures out.... Everywhere... !

  • @CliveSwabs
    @CliveSwabs Місяць тому +9

    Im voting Reform all the way