Andrew Marr: 'These local elections matter - because politics is all about momentum'
"Folks, let me start with an apology," he said. "You've endured many months of people like me telling you what we think of Rishi Sunak, Keir Starmer, and the rest of them, day after day, week after week of Westminster wanging on.
"So that, of course, if they don't lose 1,000 but maybe just - I dunno, 400 or 500 -they can claim it's been a fantastic political victory. And Labour has been doing more or less the same in reverse. If you want my tip I'd be looking quite closely at how the Liberal Democrats do this week - I have an instinct they might be a big part of the story."But for everyone these elections matter, local or not, because politics is all about momentum.
"I mentioned Boris Johnson. today we also see the publication of the government report into the position of Sue Gray, the very senior civil servant who jumped ship - or tried to jump ship to run Keir Starmer’s office. "Finally, I mentioned the coronation. Do hang on till later in the show when you will hear a pretty forthright interview with Alex Salmond, the former Scottish First Minister who now runs his own party Alba".
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