Tories set for brutal local election bloodbath as party faces poll wipeout ‘even Jesus couldn’t stop’

THE Tories are set to lose 700-plus seats in the local elections, the party’s projections show.

Even Jesus could not stop a second poll wipeout in a year, an ex-minister said.

The Tories are set to lose 700-plus seats in the local elections

On Thursday 1,641 councillors on 23 local authorities will be voted in across England.

Tories currently control 19 councils.

But a party source said: “It’s a very realistic scenario to imagine we might lose control...