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I think if you look at the results, very low turnout, and it shows that we've got work to do to show people that we are delivering on their priorities.

And that's what I'm absolutely determined to do.

But also shows that there isn't a huge amount of enthusiasm for the alternative in Kirstama and the Labour Party.

And that's because they don't have a plan.

And if you don't have a plan, you can't deliver a real change.

And when the general election comes, that's the message I'll be making to the country.

Stick with our plan because it is starting to deliver the change that the country wants the needs.

I think if you looked up the dictionary definition of putting a brave face on it, you'd see that clip of Rishi Sunak talking about his party's latest catastrophic defeats.

Sunak, on the day after, yet another by-election drubbing, two by-election drobbings in both Kingswood, near Bristol,

and Wellingborough in Northamptonshire. These were both safe, ultra-safe Conservative seats. They

now both have Labour MPs. On today's show, we cut through the spin. We ask not only whether

the Conservatives are heading for defeat in the general

election, but wipeout and whether there's anything at this point Rishi Sunak can do to stop it.

It's Lewis here. Welcome to the newsagents.

The news agents. Right, I hear a rumour that's how very own lady Maitliss might, might emerge from her weekend slumber to give us her thoughts on yet another shattering night for the Tories, and we'll be bringing you really important news coming out of Russia.

Indeed, a remote prison somewhere in the Arctic Circle.

Russian dissidents and opposition leader Alexei Navalny has, curiously enough,

died after taking a walk on the prisoner state just before the Russian quote-unquote elections.

But first, let's talk about some, you know, actual democratic elections.

And I do hereby declare that Genevieve Victoria Kitchen, also known as Jen Kitchen of the Labour Party, is

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