Two other councils where no party currently has overall control, Cumbria and Warwickshire, are in his sights too, as are two counties in the south-west where the Lib Dems now have a tenuous hold.

• 还有两个现在还没有政党取得全面控制的地方，坎布里亚郡和华威郡，也被他盯上了，如同西南部自由民主党力量薄弱的两个郡一样。