Whilst I was away in America, of course, we had a big set of elections that took place last Thursday. Why it takes until Saturday night to count them all, I have absolutely no idea. What is the upshot of it all? Well, the Conservatives did pretty much as badly as expected, down by nearly 500 council seats, which was pretty much what was expected. They lost nearly 50 per cent of the seats that they held prior to the election. Why? Well, in the seats where Reform stood, a significant number of going to Reform, and we certainly saw that in the Blackpool South by election, with Reform coming in ju…
