The Conservatives lost over a third of the seats they were defending. The Conservatives lost 1,064 seats - so it was worse than a 'very bad night'. 1,000 losses: A very bad night, with a third of all seats defended by the Conservatives lost.750 losses: This would indicate a clear swing to Labour, but still less than opinion polls imply.500 losses: The party could argue 'mid-term blues' and will assume Labour could be caught before the general election.Fewer than 300 losses: This would see the party winning council seats back from Independents, with Labour and the Lib Dems not prospering.Here are the performance benchmarks - and how each party actually did:

The incident last weekend came amid already elevated tensions between Amman and Jerusalem even further.There were 8,000 seats up for grabs in the 2023 local elections that took place on Thursday.Īround 70% of the English electorate was eligible to cast a ballot, and it gave us a real indication of what we might see at the next general election. Israel’s top diplomat added that the Foreign Ministry and security officials are in touch with Amman, and no final decision will be made until Israel completes its investigation.Ī surge of violence and terror attacks has wracked the West Bank in recent months, aided by a flood of illegal weapons, including many guns smuggled from Jordan. “Of course, an incident like this cannot just pass on by,” he continued, ” and of course whoever carries out a severe criminal act must be brought to justice and pay the price.” Former Jordanian MP Tarek Khoury accused Israel of fabricating the gold angle, in order “to turn the heroic act into a smuggling issue.” Israel’s Channel 12 news, without citing a source, said no gold was found in Adwan’s vehicle.Īdwan’s cousin, Abdel Rahman al-Adwan, Jordan’s former chief of public security, is representing the family in its communications with Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi and Parliament Speaker Ahmed Safadi.Īsked by Ynet what Israel would demand in order to repatriate Adwan to Jordan, Cohen said that “first of all, the basic demand is of course to bring him to justice, and that he should pay the price for the serious act he carried out.”

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