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Local elections 2022
8 May 2022
United Ireland: why is it not on cards despite Sinn Féin success?
The Tories have had a poll disaster – so why are we talking about takeaway curry?
Gaby Hinsliff
Boris Johnson’s Tories exhibit the morbid symptoms of a fin-de-siècle regime
Andrew Rawnsley
With Sinn Féin’s victory, tectonic plates have shifted in Northern Ireland
Susan McKay
UK local elections: how London turned from blue to red
The Observer view on the meaning of the local election results
7 May 2022
Workington Man turned Tory in 2019 but slipped back to Labour in UK local elections
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‘A big lesson for unionism here’: DUP leader reacts to Northern Ireland election results – video
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‘Significant moment of change’: Michelle O'Neill reacts to Northern Ireland election results – video
Sinn Féin assembly victory fuels debate on future of union
Boris Johnson sighed in relief – then the message from UK local elections took hold
Observer comment cartoon
Local elections: the wheels come off the Boris bus – cartoon
Elections 2022: live council results for England, Scotland and Wales
Minister urges Tory MPs not to act against Boris Johnson after election results
In Scotland, the SNP still reign supreme – but the Conservatives have fallen from grace
Rory Scothorne
Michelle O’Neill: centre stage for Sinn Féin’s prospective first minister
‘People are just desperate’: how London turned on the Tories
‘Tories punished’: how the papers covered the Tories’ election reverses
6 May 2022
Greens celebrate ‘phenomenal’ gains in local elections across England
Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
Local elections 2022: Tories lose hundreds of seats to Labour and Lib Dems – as it happened
About 94 results for Local elections 2022
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