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UK local elections: PM Sunak's party suffers heavy losses

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No, you haven’t time travelled back in time nine years, the Conservative Partyreally are repeating a line previously pushed by David Cameron (who at that point wasn’t a lord) and warning of another “coalition of chaos” led by Labour after the next general election.

Reeling from a catastrophic number of losses in this week’s local elections – more than 470 councillors, in fact, plus a shock victory in the West Midlands and a historic third term for Sadiq Khan in London – the Tory government is now pushing out lines trying to paint a much bleaker future for the country if Sir Keir Starmer becomes the next prime minister.

The Telegraphquoted a Downing Street source on Sunday who said: “What these local election results show is that Labour are on track for a rainbow coalition of chaos propped up by the SNP, Lib Dems and Greens.

“The results raise serious questions about Sir Keir Starmer’s ability to win a majority at the next general election.

“The Labour Party are heading into a general election with no plan and a hung parliament at the end because of it.”

The unnamed source’s comments echo remarks issued by Rishi Sunak, the prime minister, to The Times, when he warned such a scenario whereby Starmer leads a coalition would be “a disaster for Britain”.

But the No 10 official’s comments are also reminiscent of a slogan dating as far back as 2015, when Cameron warned of “an Ed Miliband-SNP coalition of chaos” before that year’s general election, despite just leading his own controversial coalition with Nick Clegg’s Liberal Democrats.

Cameron would also claim Britain faced “chaos with Ed Miliband”, in a viral tweet which continues to resurface all these years later – Miliband himself would go on to quote tweet the post in October 2022 when Liz Truss’ premiership was in turmoil.

All these memories and more have come flooding back to social media users this week, as they slammed the Tories regurgitating a slogan which really hasn’t stood the test of time:

Coalition of chaos?\n\nWe\u2019ve had enough of that.\n\nChoose change with Labour.
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One of the late stages of political madness is delusion. You\u2019re not lying. You believe what you\u2019re saying. You\u2019ve persuaded yourself everyone else is wrong. But your beliefs don\u2019t factor in reality.
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Wobble your heads. Also in my living memory who went in to minority deals and coalition ... You got it, it was the Conservatives.
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The coalition of chaos line - yes ,that should work
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When you\u2019ve had three Prime Ministers and five Chancellors since the last general election \u201cchaos\u201d is hardly the most effective line against your opponents.
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Ooh, they\u2019re playing the classics!
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The coalition of chaos at present is National Conservatives, libertarians and One Nation Tories.
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@Telegraph Haven forbid the years of tranquility we have enjoyed under the Tories should end
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@Telegraph Possibly 6 PM's in 8 years. Between 2019-22 we had 4 PM's in 3 years. Johnson trying to save Owen Paterson's career and backing down the day after. Breaking lockdown rules. Lies. Corruption. \nAnd you talk about coalition of chaos? We've had 5 years of it!
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Number 10 has officially reached the bottom of the barrel now: basically asking us if we want a \u201ccoalition of chaos\u201d with Keir Starmer or \u201cstability and strong government\u201d with Rishi Sunak. No one is falling for this crap again, particularly as the maths don\u2019t stack up this time.
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Anyone else getting a sense of déjà vu?

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