Keir Starmer was the Prime Minister who promised an end to "the noisy politics." He was the PM who promised to "unify" the nation.

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However, as the dust begins to settle on these seismic local elections it's not unfair to say the United Kingdom looks less "united" than ever.

If there is one abiding message from the local elections in much of England and those in Wales and Scotland it was that the old ‘first past the post’ electoral system is well … past it!

The previous tandem riders, the old guard traditional parties of the Conservatives and Labour, have enjoyed eighty virtually untrammelled years in power.

This is either by clinging to power, swapping sides of the house or flirting with the Liberals or, after that, the Liberal........

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