{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/68359028e1abc4be6b032cd1/69fdb0b744cb786b378fbd9e?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Local elections briefing: what you need to know as Reform sweeps the country","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/68359028e1abc4be6b032cd1/1778233446832-b5b65a8c-9d9d-45be-a731-85a635f8caa6.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>It’s results day, and Nigel Farage is the local elections winner – again. A wave of teal has swept the country, stealing Labour seats from Hartlepool to Havering.</p><p>This election was sold by insurgent parties as a referendum on Keir Starmer and the story of Labour’s election so far is that they’re haemorrhaging votes on all sides – including to the Tories in Westminster. So what can we interpret so far? Will Starmer get the message and will the herd move against him?</p><p>Michael Gove speaks to Tim Shipman, James Heale and Charlotte Pickles, chief executive of thinktank Re:State, at this morning’s <em>Coffee House Shots</em> breakfast briefing.</p>","author_name":"The Spectator"}