The Tories have lost 1,334 councillors, with Theresa May saying voters wanted the main parties to "get on" with Brexit while Labour also lost 82 seats in the local English elections, in which it had been expected to make gains.
But the strongly pro-EU Lib Dems gained 703 seats, with leader Sir Vince Cable calling every vote received "a vote for stopping Brexit". The Greens and independents also made gains, as UKIP lost seats.
After nine years in government it's not surprising that the incumbent Conservatives have lost a significant chunk of seats many activists have identified Theresa May's handling of Brexit as a root of the problem. Perhaps, the biggest indication of the Prime Minister's Brexit mess could be when she was heckled during her speech to Welsh Conservatives by a Tory activist Stuart Davies who had shouted “we don't want you here”.
