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Boris Johnson Blamed as Tories Lose Seats in U.K. Council Elections
Boris Johnson’s Conservatives shed seats across England and lost control of three London strongholds in Thursday’s local elections, leading to a backlash against the prime minister from local party leaders. In the capital, the Tories lost control of Wandsworth Council, an iconic seat of U.K. local government which has been Tory-run since 1978, as well as in Westminster -- where the Houses of Parliament are based. They also also ceded power to the main opposition Labour Party in Barnet and in the southern city of Southampton. With about half of councils reporting results by Friday morning, the governing party had ... (full story)