Of Tory losses, Labour picked up barely a quarter – and lost out to the Tories, LibDems and Greens outside London Keir Starmer’s rictus grin and Labour’s desperate spin this morning is trying to cast a few wins in London as success, despite predictions before the election that they should gain more than 800 council…

Forget the spin – Starmer’s going backwards in the north despite the worst government in history