The Lib Dems are down, but not out

More important than the choice of new Leader, will be to decide what the Party stands for after Brexit.

Lord Ashcroft: How Britain voted and why. My 2019 post-vote poll

Men chose the Conservatives over Labour by a 19-point margin (48 per cent to 29 per cent), while women did so by just six points.

Lord Ashcroft: Labour support solidifies as expectations grow of a Tory win. My final election dashboard.

Johnson’s lead over Corbyn in the best Prime Minister stakes has narrowed slightly to 15 points.

WATCH: “History would never forgive you” – Raab’s warning to Remainer MPs if they make Corbyn PM

The Foreign Secretary adds: “As for the Liberal Democrats…when it comes to offences under the Trade Description Act, they’re guilty as charged.”

Frances Lasok: The growing threat of the minor parties and how we can beat them

Even in “safe seats” a culture of knock-every-door campaigning is needed. That was the lesson from the local elections.

The local elections revisited: an analysis of results in the North West

This region shows that Liberal Democrat progress, at the expense of Labour, remains modest.

The local elections revisited: an analysis of results in the South West

The long-awaited Liberal Democrat revival in their traditional strongholds finally transpired. But the independents also made big gains.

Local elections 3) The contest with the Lib Dems – their revival has come far more at the expense of the Conservatives than of Labour

The Lib Dems have made net gains of 400 seats, so far.

Local elections: The Conservative/Lib Dem battlegrounds

Could the Yellow Party take control of Lewes, St Albans, Winchester, Teignbridge, Guildford – even Wokingham?

Roy Whitehead: The battle for Chelmsford

We are working hard to retain our seats – at a time when outside events are not helping us.

WATCH: Cable declares it is “improbable” he will still be the Leader of the Lib Dems in 2022

“I’ve got a series of tasks to do. I’m going to do them….but I’m looking for a professional transition to a new generation.”

Sanjoy Sen: There’s a danger in targeting too few wards in our election campaigning

Do X per cent of voters really switch once they’ve read Y leaflets, resulting in Z per cent more wins in key marginals?

Philip Jackson: The Lib Dems are blocking the change North East Lincolnshire needs

Voters are fed up with decay and decline. Labour will not be able to cling on much longer.

It’s in the district council elections that the Conservatives are strongest – and so have the most to lose

The final part of our series this week on May’s elections. Will there be a LibDem revival – which polls have yet to indicate?

More children are learning to read under the Conservatives

The improvement has been dramatic – and is a vindication for the emphasis placed on phonics by Nick Gibb, the Schools Minister.