On the occasion of the May local election results in England, Scotland and Wales, the Communist Party of Britain (CPB) issued the following statement on 9 May 2026:
"On the day that marks the final military defeat of Nazi fascism, when the Red Flag was raised over Berlin’s Reichstag by soldiers of the victorious Red Army, the Communist Party remembers with respect and admiration all those who sacrificed so much to defeat fascist terror.
