Local elections: something for everyone, but politics deadlocked

The results suggest main parties have not found a way to bridge the divisions revealed in the EU referendum In last year’s general election everything changed, but no one won. In this year’s local elections everyone won something but nothing changed. The Conservatives, Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the Greens all had vote and seat gains to cheer about, as all parties took a share of the electoral windfall from the dramatic collapse in Ukip.The Conservatives went into Thursday nig