The prime minister has shown seriousness when it mattered most

Labour may have lost the last four national elections, but the party is in power in city halls across the country

There is a vacuum at the heart of No 10


We are about to find out

This was the most dire electoral contest I can remember

The Labour leader is exaggerating the immediate risk to the health service, but there is no question that Trump’s trade demands will be hard line

Unlike the Labour leader, the PM has no potential coalition partners left

Ex-Tory candidates will add another layer of unpredictability to what was already going to be a chaotic election

The dilemma has always been that if you pivot towards one group in the Commons, you antagonise others 


Away from the crowd in Manchester the political realities spell trouble for the prime minister