A bigger concern for the Conservatives may be that just 23% of the public believe the party can be trusted to take big decisions, according to the poll.

Source: https://www.barryanddistrictnews.co.uk/news/national/23490714.labours-lead-jumps-four-points-just-23-trust-tories-make-big-decisions/?ref=rss

Ahead of the election, Labour had 26 councillors, the Conservatives 20, Liberal Democrats one and there was one independent.

Source: https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/23498661.southampton-elections-2023-voters-head-polls-biggest-election/?ref=rss

“All we get, after years of neglect, it is the Conservatives that are delivering for Teesside.”

Source: https://www.alloaadvertiser.com/news/national/23544716.rishi-sunak-sparks-confusion-investigation-teesworks-freeport/?ref=rss

Andrew Bridgen formally announced he was joining the Reclaim Party following his expulsion from the Conservatives.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/andrew-bridgen-conservatives-laurence-fox-daisy-cooper-westminster-b2336213.html

Andrew Bridgen has asked why he was expelled from the Conservatives for alleged "antisemitism" but Crispin Blunt who said Hamas had "legitimate targets" is still a Tory MP.

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/politics/1823991/andrew-bridgen-crispin-blunt-israel-hamas-antisemitism

And the leader of the Bury Conservatives, Cllr Russell Bernstein, has confirmed Mr Arif's suspension from the party, after previously holding the group whip.

Source: https://www.burytimes.co.uk/news/23523842.bury-conservative-councillor-loses-whip-following-allegation/?ref=rss

And the voters said to heck with the Harper Conservatives.

Source: https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/kinsella-pierre-poilievre-may-be-winning-but-he-could-still-lose

And to me, this is significant because Conservatives for many years seemed to have ceded control over public universities to their adversaries even in very conservative states.

Source: https://www.city-journal.org/multimedia/the-lefts-long-march

And yet, in the face of all of this, both the at Holyrood and the Conservatives at Westminster allowed internal party divisions to override the needs of everyday Scots as they lurched from crisis to crisis with ever increasing chaos.

Source: https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/that-was-the-dramatic-year-that-was-alex-cole-hamilton-4451470

AN excoriating takedown of Rishi Sunak on the has triggered fury from Conservatives – who accused the broadcaster of becoming a “soap box for the left”.

Source: https://www.thenational.scot/news/23612830.ben-eltons-rishi-sunak-bbc-takedown-enrages-conservatives/?ref=rss

Another new poll last week still ranked the Conservatives as Norway’s largest party, with support up nearly 3 points to hold 27.9 percent of the vote.

Source: https://www.newsinenglish.no/2023/11/13/solberg-decides-to-ride-out-the-storm/

A poll by Ipsos UK found the public was more than twice as likely to say Labour would give Britain a fresh start than the Conservatives.

Source: https://www.expressandstar.com/news/uk-news/2023/11/09/public-losing-confidence-in-sunak-governments-competence-and-integrity--poll/

Back in 2015 the Conservatives took every single seat at MSDC.

Source: https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/politics/full-results-from-mid-sussex-district-council-election-2023-heres-how-it-all-unfolded-live-4131323

BBC Local News: London -- The remarks made by the mayor at a People's Question Time event are "appalling", Conservatives say.

Source: https://www.onenewspage.com/n/Front+Page/1zpks0hiod/London-mayor-condemns-car-protesters-as-far-right.htm

Bernier has said he wants to give his party a more prominent voice and prove that Conservatives are not strong enough on "cultural battles" that supporters care about.

Source: https://www.baytoday.ca/national-news/heres-what-observers-are-watching-for-in-mondays-four-federal-byelections-7162978

B, I'm not sure it was quite as popular, even in Uxbridge, which the Conservatives were meant to hold.

Source: https://www.ft.com/video/a6cb3604-abf9-40db-bd12-5a744fbb787a

Bookies have cut the odds on Penny Mordaunt replacing Rishi Sunak as leader of the Conservatives after her permoance at the Coronation.

Source: https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/odds-cut-penny-mordaunt-being-26862782

Boris has a strong personal following and Conservatives and despite the current ascendancy of the extreme right, they are divided between anti-European libertarian ideologues and one-nation tax-cutting businessmen.

Source: https://www.libdemvoice.org/tom-arms-world-review-38-72868.html

Borough Councillor Nick Gregory, who represents Fareham South, has left the Conservatives following correspondence with Fareham MP and Home Secretary Suella Braverman.

Source: https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/23327195.fareham-councillor-quits-tories-concerns-staff-pay/?ref=rss

Both Labour and the Conservatives face serious issues of waning public confidence.

Source: https://www.newsinenglish.no/2023/10/12/government-shake-up-looms/