Local election verdicts: too much negative spin? | Letters

Reactions to the polls in England include Denis MacShane on Westminster and Dr Ian Saville on canvassing Jewish voters in Barnet; plus Plymouth, South Cambridgeshire, and Ukip’s fallIt is not accurate to write of “the Tories’ narrow retention of fortress London boroughs like Westminster” (Editorial, 5 May). In 2014, there was a 44-16 Tory-Labour split on Westminster council. It is now 41-19. Labour had a golden chance to make bigger inroads in Westminster, which voted by