What occurred in the UK?

 There were council election, a by-election and elections in Scotland.

Labour lost a previously safe seat. This seems inexplicable. They now have a very capable centrist leader who is clearly superior to Boris Johnson whether in Parliament or in public. .They are rejecting corbynism every day yet there is not a swing towards them.

I have read little and only heard a few people talk about the results but I will endeavour to sum up

• The public is still affected by the Corbyn hangover
• the public thinks nothing has changed since Starmer took over the leadership
• the public thinks the Labour party is against brexit
• the public know Johnson is corrupt and don't care
• the public will not admit that brexit will be bad for the economy
• the public had put more emphasis on the vaccine rollout than handling covid

Please note without saying it many of these reasons assume the public are idiots although I have yet to hear any evidence for the above assertions.

Very curious and Keir Starmer must be tearing his hair out over the results.