Tories set for brutal local election bloodbath as party faces poll wipeout ‘even Jesus couldn’t stop’

THE Tories are set to lose 700-plus seats in the local elections, the party’s projections show.

Even Jesus could not stop a second poll wipeout in a year, an ex-minister said.

The Tories are set to lose 700-plus seats in the local elections

On Thursday 1,641 councillors on 23 local authorities will be voted in across .

Tories currently control 19 .

But a party source said: “It’s a very realistic scenario to imagine we might lose control of every single council.”;

are targeting Tory-run .

YouGov polling shows Nigel Farage’s party is also on course to win two key mayoral elections on May 1 in Greater Lincolnshire, and and East .

Senior Tories promise there is “no way in hell”; they will try to topple leader .

One insider said the party “still has PTSD”; from ending the careers of so many PMs, with the from last July still fresh in the memory.

A former cabinet minister said: “We could have Jesus Christ himself leading us and we’d still flop this week.”;

A key by-election will also be held in Runcorn & Helsby where Labour MP admitted assault.

Insiders say it is a close race with Reform.