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The one near Worcester is where I grew up. My dad was in despair.
In ‘97 Labour closed the hospital and all the left-of-Tory support went to an independent protest party. They had the MP from 2001-2010 and most of the council. After 2010 they disbanded and place has been a Tory stronghold ever since. I’d suspect the reason for the Tory gains has more to do with Labour and Lib Dems being non-existent round there than it does any particular love for yet more Tory worse-than-uselessness but then a significant proportion of the population have never been past Birmingham and it does have some unpleasantly racist/brexity vibes too.
ASTTer
Somewhere near Worcester
Also just spotted Torbay