As the ballot boxes go back into storage and the dust begins to settle, it's a good time to take stock of what we have learnt from last week's local elections.
Before polling day, we identified some key questions into which the results might give us insight: how much is enough to represent real momentum for Labour? Will the Lib Dem’s survive in their local strongholds? Can UKIP do it again? And will councils that have been bold and innovative be rewarded or punished by the electorate?
With the results in, can we answer these questions? Well, yes.... and no. In each case there are incompatible but equally plausible stories we might tell.
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