Article 5YY7P Boris Johnson looks to be in trouble with these local election results

Boris Johnson looks to be in trouble with these local election results

by
Heather Stewart Political editor
from World news | The Guardian on (#5YY7P)

Analysis: When senior Tories warned they could lose Wandsworth and Westminster it sounded like expectations management. But lose them they did

Wandsworth, Westminster, West Oxfordshire - it is hard to think of more quintessentially Tory places than Margaret Thatcher's favourite council; the borough that is home to swanky Mayfair, or David Cameron's back yard.

Yet as the Conservatives wake up on Friday morning, they have lost all three - Wandsworth and Westminster to Labour, and West Oxfordshire to no overall control, as the Liberal Democrats march onwards in the blue wall.

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