The UK's governing Conservative Party has lost dozens of seats in local elections in England.
The opposition Labour and Liberal Democrat parties have made gains on a series of local authorities.
It comes ahead of a general election which is likely to be held in the next 18 months.
Tim Bale - professor of politics at Queen Mary, University of London - says the results are a sign of the national mood.
IN: 'It's probably...
OUT: ...nationally.'
DUR: 17 seconds
http://www.fsnradionews.com/feeds/0505elections-bale1.mp3
The opposition Labour and Liberal Democrat parties have made gains on a series of local authorities.
It comes ahead of a general election which is likely to be held in the next 18 months.
Tim Bale - professor of politics at Queen Mary, University of London - says the results are a sign of the national mood.
IN: 'It's probably...
OUT: ...nationally.'
DUR: 17 seconds
http://www.fsnradionews.com/feeds/0505elections-bale1.mp3