* LDs taking seats off Tories lost in 2015 with gains in SW (Bath, NE Somerset, Taunton)
* Bad night but not total bloodbath
* Pain in Tory shires, PM to Wales/Scot to address activists there 🤷🏻♀️ 2/
*At this point in cycle you’d expect govt losses to go to main opposition. But party struggled; won Trafford but lost control of Wirral, Bolsover Hartlepool
* Big blow 4 positioning as govt-in-waiting 3/
*Lib Dem bounce back from punishment meted out in 2015 when lost 100s seats to Tories. +270 seats +7 councils.
* Indies on march in Hartlepool, Melton, Boston, Thurrock. Gained control in Ashfield (Notts)
* Doesn’t bode well for Lab/Tory in EU elex (good for Farage) 4/
* Plague on both their houses: will voter anger push Tories/Lab closer to working up Brexit deal?
* And as for GE? Doesn’t look so attractive this morning for either big party. LDs might win some MPs but it all points to another a hung parliament 5/