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Elections 2023: Are the Tories doomed?

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The Doggne and the Conservatives in Local Elections

The Greens too won control of True Blue mid-suffered with another great set of local election results. They deprived the Conservatives of control in Deputy PM Oliver Dowden's Hartzmere. In lots of places they smashed the Tories. The other interesting thing that the Doggne didn't bark is basically this whole period but as you said it's been pretty clear since about 20, well even in 2021. It feels therefore unlikely to me that there is a plausible account of how the Conservatives can hold on unless Rishi Sumak somehow does find some policy lever than means he has the most successful Prime Minister in terms of wage growth ever.

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