7.30pm MPsETC update: Gavin Barwell MP says the election results were "a message that the Government's performance over the last couple of months hasn't been good enough"
5pm Andrew Griffiths MP on Comment: To make amends for his company's Falklands video mistake, Sir Martin Sorrell should donate the fee to veterans' charities
3pm MPsETC update: Zac Goldsmith MP says the lesson of Boris' win is simple; "in addition to liking him, people broadly believe he means what he says."
2pm ToryDiary: Can you imagine what some Tories would say about Cameron if he led a gay pride march in a pink Stetson?
1.30pm WATCH: "It was a campaign the whole Conservative Party got behind" – David Cameron congratulates Boris on his victory
12.45pm MPsETC update: Nick de Bois MP urges Cameron to drop distractions like Lords reform and focus on delivering "Conservative wins" on human rights and immigration
12.30pm ToryDiary: Ed Miliband makes fewer mid-term gains than William Hague but Britain has only swallowed 15% of the Coalition's medicine
12.15pm WATCH: What will Ken Livingstone do now? "I've got quite a bit of gardening to catch up on"
11.45am International: Canada stands up for sensible environmental policies and rejects unilateral economic disarmament
10am LISTEN: Boris Johnson: "Yes, yes, absolutely" – I am not standing for Parliament in 2015
ToryDiary: Boris wins mayoral election
Columnist Bruce Anderson: What should Cameron learn from so many lost Tory seats? Nothing.
MPsETC update: Reflecting on election results, Tim Yeo MP warns that prioritising Lords reform will seem "bonkers" to voters
Local government: Refugee from Iran becomes Conservatives' only Cambridge councillor
Christopher Howarth: If the Conservatives’ UKIP problem looks bad now, wait until 2014
WATCH: Boris Johnson's re-election speech
Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle, Sheffield, Nottingham, Coventry, Wakefield and Bradford reject city mayors but Bristol says Yes – Daily Mail
Boris Johnson has won a second term as London mayor, beating Labour rival Ken Livingstone by 3.7% in the first round and 3% after second preferences had been counted – BBC
Boris Johnson's winning brand of conservatism
"Boris Johnson is to tell David Cameron that his brand of "compassionate cosmopolitan Conservatism" provides the best chance for the party to rejuvenate itself across Britain and secure an overall parliamentary majority at the next general election. In a clear signal that he will continue to differentiate himself from his fellow Etonian, Johnson will say that "bone-dry" Tory economics can triumph if the party appeals beyond its traditional base on social issues." – Guardian
Nick Wood credits Lynton Crosby, Boris' campaign manager, with helping achieve the victory
"he ran a highly disciplined campaign. Or rather, his campaign manager Lynton Crosby, who delivered four election victories for arch-Conservative John Howard in Australia in the 1990s, ran a highly disciplined campaign. In another life, Lynton would have been a gum-chewing, sledging Aussie cricket captain, crucifying the Poms on the cross of savage fast bowling, gritty batsmanship and superb fielding. No wonder that he took apart Labour's London election machine. Rather than relying on the rickety Tory organisation, Lynton set up his own operation with entirely predictable results." – Nick Wood in the Daily Mail
Given the pressures on the Tories, it's surprising they didn't do worse – Paul Goodman in The Guardian
"A four-point drop in the Tory vote in the English council elections as compared with last year represented an unwelcome confirmation of the message of those polls. Still, for now, the Tories can reasonably regard their electoral difficulties as worrying rather than serious." – John Curtice in The Independent
Tory MPs demand that Cameron changes course – Huffington Post | FT (£)
Backbenchers urge PM to adopt more right-wing policies after failure at the polls – Independent
"Right-wingers led by David Davis and John Redwood will argue that a more radical economic strategy is needed, proposing targeted tax cuts, deeper spending cuts and an end to expensive environmental regulation. The Prime Minister is under pressure to champion more traditional Conservative policies on law and order and education. Eurosceptic Tories also want Mr Cameron to consider offering a referendum on Britain’s future in the EU." – Daily Mail
The thing they call a "lurch to the Right" is actually a lurch towards the public's priorities – Telegraph leader
> ConHome's rolling blog, recording Tory MPs' reactions to results
Simon Heffer blames Lib Dem influence for many of the Coalition's woes
"The problem is that the Lib Dems have inflicted their cranky and unpopular policies on the country as the price of their role as Coalition partners. For example: despite the urgent need for far more radical spending cuts and a huge reduction in the overall burden of taxation to stimulate consumption and growth, the Lib Dems oppose such a programme and thus limit George Osborne’s room for manoeuvre. They have also leant on the Tories to soft-pedal on immigration policy, and to avoid a confrontation with the increasingly absurd European Court of Human Rights. The Lib Dems’ hand can also be detected in the growing resistance within the Coalition to Iain Duncan Smith’s eminently sensible welfare reforms. And the persistence in the destructive, expensive and fatuous policy of covering our countryside and shoreline with wind turbines has, sadly, outlived its inventor, Lib Dem Chris Huhne." – Simon Heffer in the Daily Mail
Get rid of the distractions and relaunch a new, improved, slim-line Coalition – Charles Moore in The Daily Telegraph
"Mr Cameron must smash his way out of this, and fast. He fights best when he’s cornered — and, I begin to fear, only when he’s cornered. So he must be persuaded that he’s cornered. Perhaps these election results will help." – Matthew Parris in The Times (£)
Liberal Democrats collapsing in local government but holding up better where they have MPs
"Since the turn of the year, he has adopted a strategy of "differentiation", claiming credit for Lib Dem measures such as the rise in tax thresholds, while distancing his party from things it would not have done, like cutting the 50p top rate of income tax. His critics will not detect much payback at the ballot box." – Andrew Grice in The Independent
Silver lining for Lib Dems is their vote held up better in areas where they have MPs – Guardian
Labour are back throughout country, says Ed Miliband – BBC
"Mr Miliband saw his party make inroads into the south of England, seizing key councils such as Southampton, Exeter, Plymouth, Reading and Harlow and even snatching seats in Mr Cameron’s own Witney constituency in Oxfordshire." – Yorkshire Post | Times (£)
Labour's 800-seat gain means Ed Miliband WILL lead party into next election – Daily Mail
Labour revived its hopes of a comeback against the SNP on Friday night, after winning a totemic battle to maintain its hold on Glasgow and scoring a string of victories across the country in council elections – Scotsman
"The SNP took overall control in Dundee and Angus, and has more councillors than any other party – a total of 424 after adding 57 to the number going into the election. It is also the largest party in 10 local authorities. Mr Salmond said it was a "substantial achievement" and a "major step forward for the SNP and for Scotland". However, Labour is close behind with 394 councillors after increasing its number by 58." – Herald
"Winning the “big three” of Cardiff, Swansea and Newport – completing a hat trick over rivals the Liberal Democrats, who suffered a torrid time in the polls. Labour also managed to snatch the Vale of Glamorgan from the Conservatives as well make gains from Plaid Cymru." – Western Mail
By linking UKIP to the BNP, Baroness Warsi is insulting voters she should be trying to win over – Simon Richards in the Daily Mail
"The arrival of UKIP as a significant force in British politics has given disgruntled Conservatives an alternative choice. In seats where UKIP stood on Thursday it attracted 14 per cent of the vote despite having no chance of returning significant numbers of councillors." – Express
UKIP "Activists were disappointed to get only five per cent in the Greater London Assembly elections, behind the Greens who got eight per cent. Insiders blamed an error that left the party’s name off ballot papers with only the slogan “a fresh choice for London” appearing instead." – Express
Downing Street panics as Brooks and Coulson prepare to face Leveson – Independent
Former top civil servant Gus O'Donnell claims official analysis shows top rate of tax should be 48% – Daily Mail
Evidence that children raised in standard two-parent families fare better is so strong that it takes a wilful perversion to ignore it – Graeme Archer in The Telegraph
And finally… Louise Mensch is The Sun's Hero of the week for standing up to bullies on Twitter.
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