Commie loses London mayor's race

Telegraph:

The Conservative candidate's win over Ken Livingstone followed a calamitous showing for Labour at the local elections - the party's worst performance at the polls for 40 years.

Mr Johnson's landmark victory, a result that would have been almost unthinkable six months ago, was the most symbolic blow to Mr Brown's authority on a day that left the Prime Minister facing the gravest crisis of his leadership.

By taking City Hall, Mr Johnson becomes the first Tory politician to hold a senior role in British politics since the party was swept out of power in 1997. His win provided a significant boost to David Cameron's bid for victory at the next general election.

In the local elections, Labour lost more than 300 councillors and slumped to a humiliating third place behind the Liberal Democrats in the share of the vote – a full 20 points behind Mr Cameron's Conservatives.

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There is much more on the UK turn to the right following France, Germany and Italy. It is time for this trend to jump the Atlantic and pour out the Democrats who have run up the price of gas with their strangling policies. Livingston was so far to the left that he earned the nick name Red Ken. His loss is to be applauded. The conservative tide needs to come back here.