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UK Special Coverage Starmer Agonistes Time is running short for the embattled prime minister. UK Special Coverage Last week, in one of its worst-ever local election results, Labour lost 1,400 seats to Reform UK, lost Wales to the nationalist Plaid Cymru, and failed to prevent the secessionist SNP winning a fifth consecutive term of government in the Scottish Parliament. Keir Starmer’s government was rejected by everyone, everywhere, all at once. Here is one former Labour Party insider, Patrick Maguire, reflecting on the Labour prime minister’s response: [Starmer offers] another eight years of nothingness, of learnt…Open
British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's premiership is hanging in the balance following heavy losses for the governing Labour Party in local and regional elections last week, with dozens of Labour Members of Parliament (MPs) signing a letter calling for his resignation.
British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s premiership is hanging in the balance following heavy losses for the governing Labour Party in local and regional elections last week, with dozens of Labour Members of Parliament (MPs) signing a letter calling for his resignation. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing a leadership crisis following a disastrous showing for the governing Labour Party in English local elections and Scottish and Welsh legislative elections last week. Dozens of Labour Members of Parliament (MPs) including some frontbenchers —MPs who also serve as government ministers—are calling for his resignation. Over 80 Labour MPs are reported to have signed a letter by Catherine West…Open