"Anyone who votes for this pack of loonies again must be gaga", he said.
The party increased their councillor numbers by 20 and jumped back into second place in Scotland ahead of the Tories.
Sir Keir Starmer said the result had been “shattering” for the Conservatives.
Candidates for the anti-Islam party For Britain received as few as 11 votes in some places, while Britain First and British Democrats failed to win any seats.
However, at 35 per cent, Labour's estimate simply matches that for the party in 2018, which was Jeremy Corbyn's best set of local elections.
"The tectonic plates of British politics are shifting.”
The Labour leader has been under pressure since footage emerged of him drinking with colleagues in 2021.
The PM tried to blame rising chicken costs on global energy prices, overlooking post-Brexit trade barriers and skill shortages.
Keir Starmer hails a ‘turning point’ for Labour as the party takes key London authorities from the Conservatives.
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