The party that never made a choice

What the local elections really tell us about the British Tories

The key takeaway from Britain’s local elections, from Rishi Sunak’s first election test, is that unless something changes and changes soon then at the general election next year Britain will elect a Labour-led government, its first since 2005.

At the time of writing, the incumbent Conservatives are hurtling toward one of the worst benchmarks I outlined i…