The local elections have weakened Rishi Sunak, and once the bunting is down he will have to work out how to give his party any hope of avoiding a humiliating defeat at the next election. There don’t seem to be calls for the PM’s scalp, but there are those who would clearly like to see a change in strategy, John Redwood is already tweeting about tax cuts and Jackie Doyle Price this morning said the party need to “start governing like Conservatives and be re-elected as Conservatives”. One conservative MP, a Boris Johnson supporter, tells me: “After 13 years and three prime ministers it would be harsh to blame him entirely”. However, even some of the PM’s long-time critics in the party don’t totally blame Rishi Sunak. The local elections were the first big test of Rishi Sunak’s popularity with the public, there had been some optimism in No 10 last week that he was cutting through and recovering the party's dire poll ratings, but the result was far worse than anyone around the PM imagined.

Soon though his royal respite will be over, and focus will return to what went so badly wrong for the conservatives at the ballot box. Steph Curry and the Warriors rolled to a win over LeBron James’ Lakers in Game 2.The bunting is still up, and while Rishi Sunak hosts the First Lady of the United States on Downing Street for a lunch party today, the coronation continues to distract from his crushing local election defeat. The Lakers, though, still left San Francisco with a split after taking Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinal series, 117-112. But you got to keep scoring, try to hold the fort down.” “You got to keep scoring, get to the free throw line as well, or just get points in the paint,” James said afterward. Getty Imagesįraher finally gave James a technical, essentially ending his night as the Lakers waived the white flag in the fourth quarter and sat most of their regulars. LeBron James and Dennis Schroder complain to the refs during the Lakers’ loss to the Warriors.

James was enraged there was no foul called and screamed at referee Pat Fraher all the way down the court.

With the Warriors’ lead up to 105-78 near the end of the third quarter, James attempted a 3-pointer with forward Andrew Wiggins closing out to contest the shot. It only got worse for James after halftime. Wait … Why did LeBron fall down? 💀 /JR68FMH27J- Warriors on NBCS May 5, 2023

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