Rory Stewart

That Hastings, which used to be, you know, when Amber Rudd was then, was a Tory Labour marginalist, now a reformed Green marginal.

I mean, it's just unbelievable.

It's completely unbelievable.

So I guess the question is, if you sort of step back from your role, which may be unfair, you're on the front bench, right?

You're trying to boost your team.

But I guess if you step back and look at this, you're like, whoa, this is a big problem.

I mean, you can stick to your values.

You can talk about these things.

But for whatever reason, I don't know.

Is it Boris Johnson?

Is it this trust?

Is it that the Tories run for 13 years?

Or is it the tone that people are taking?

The polling is not that impressive.

There's a huge gamble going on that if you just stick to your guns and remain anchored, somehow this is all going to turn around by the election.

What's going on?

I mean, what happened in Sussex?

Why have we ended up in a situation where we've got zero councillors and we're not in play for what used to be Tory Labour marginals?

But for me... Can I just sort of... The analysis is very interesting, but...

How does it feel if you're like a councilor in East Sussex who's been used to running the council for decades and suddenly you have zero seats?