Tonight was a vital night for the fledgling Remain party Change UK. After the resurgence of the Lib Dems in the local elections, Chuka Umunna and Heidi Allen’s party had to fight to justify its existence, and prove that it wasn’t simply another party which was splitting the Remain vote.
Alas, it appears that that party hasn’t even managed to meet its own low expectations tonight – it may be that it can’t even muster enough votes to justify going into a coalition with the Lib Dems at the next general election.
Here are five reasons that suggest tonight could mean the end of Change UK:
Number of seats: 0
As of writing, Change UK have failed to get a single seat across the entirety of the UK. Overall the party has received only 3.5 per cent of the vote nationwide, behind both the Lib Dems and Greens, who achieved 12.2
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