So the Tories have so far lost 473 local council seats with labour winning 165 of them, and the rest being mopped up by a mixture of lib dems, greens and independents.
And just in, Sadiq Khan has thrashed the Tory candidate for mayor of London, despite some click bait headlines about it being closer than originally thought.
But this ain't close...
Implications for the General Election...
OK I know that local election results don't predict general election results - people are much more likely to vote Green or Independent in locals as they have more of a chance of winning.
However this is yet more evidence of a coming Labour Landslide.
And it's more of the same - another massive drift away from the Conservatives, they probably are gonna get tanked.
An interesting insight into Reform UK...
That's the party who hate poor migrants - An interesting little commentary in the Economist pointed out these guys don't even have a Party to speak of, and they struggle to field candidates.
However, they do have a lot of support and ability to shape the agenda in national politics.
In contrast to the LibDems, who have a well organised party, plenty of candidates, but no one really gives a shit what they stand for!
Only Police Commissioner Votes here....
I did make it out to vote at my local polling station, but somehow managed to miss the fact that I wasn't voting in the council elections, only for the Police Commissioner.
I did actually skim read the voting card too, but I somehow still missed this anyway.
The local Tory won by a country mile, but at least this isn't that significant politically, and on the plus side I managed to boost my step count with the short and pleasant evening walk to the polls!