UK Local Elections

Local Elections Scotland 2021: Will Nicola Sturgeon’s SNP miss Holyrood majority by ONE seat?

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Nicola Sturgeon could miss out on an SNP majority at Holyrood by just a single seat in an election that could decide Scotland’s future in the United Kingdom.  As the process of counting Scottish parliamentary votes began, experts predicted that the First Minister’s chances of wielding enough power to demand a second independence referendum hang … Read more

Local elections 2021: Labour suffers crushing defeats in early results from local council wards

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The Tories today started building its own ‘Blue Wall’ in the North East and marched further into Labour’s working class heartlands across England by grabbing control of four councils and a slew of new seats from Sir Keir Starmer’s struggling party. The Conservatives have taken Northumberland Council for the first time since the 1970s, which … Read more