Labour dies in its Welsh birthplace in generational elections disaster
Keir Starmer is desperately fighting to subdue a Labour revolt tonight after a local elections bloodbath saw the party routed on English councils, and destroyed in Wales and Scotland.
Loyalist ministers and MPs have been deployed in a frantic bid to prop up the PM, after a series of backbenchers broke cover to demand his resignation.
So far no Cabinet ministers have publicly joined the mutiny - a moment that many believe would be the final nail in Sir Keir's coffin.
Rachel Reeves and David Lammy were among those backing Sir Keir - but there has been an ominous lack of vocal support from Wes Streeting, Yvette Cooper, Ed Miliband and Shabana Mahmood. London Mayor Sadiq Khan released a statement saying the results in the capital were 'bitterly disappointing' and the threat to the party is 'existential' - without mentioning the PM.
The civil war reignited this evening after Labour's Welsh leader, Baroness Morgan, humiliatingly lost her own seat as the party's tally of the 96 Senedd members was slashed to just nine. In a jibe at the PM, she said the Government nationally must 'change course'.
Until yesterday Labour held nearly half the seats at the Welsh Parliament, and has never failed to top an election in the country - regarded as its birthplace.
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has also conceded defeat at Holyrood, saying they had 'lost the argument' and pointing the finger at Sir Keir.
Meanwhile, the Greens have dealt a hammer blow by taking the mayoralty in deep-red bastion Hackney, as well as Lewisham - signposting more misery to come in London. The Labour leader in Camden - Sir Keir's own council - has been defeated by Zack Polanski's candidate.
SOURCE: Daily Mail
Loyalist ministers and MPs have been deployed in a frantic bid to prop up the PM, after a series of backbenchers broke cover to demand his resignation.
So far no Cabinet ministers have publicly joined the mutiny - a moment that many believe would be the final nail in Sir Keir's coffin.
Rachel Reeves and David Lammy were among those backing Sir Keir - but there has been an ominous lack of vocal support from Wes Streeting, Yvette Cooper, Ed Miliband and Shabana Mahmood. London Mayor Sadiq Khan released a statement saying the results in the capital were 'bitterly disappointing' and the threat to the party is 'existential' - without mentioning the PM.
The civil war reignited this evening after Labour's Welsh leader, Baroness Morgan, humiliatingly lost her own seat as the party's tally of the 96 Senedd members was slashed to just nine. In a jibe at the PM, she said the Government nationally must 'change course'.
Until yesterday Labour held nearly half the seats at the Welsh Parliament, and has never failed to top an election in the country - regarded as its birthplace.
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar has also conceded defeat at Holyrood, saying they had 'lost the argument' and pointing the finger at Sir Keir.
Meanwhile, the Greens have dealt a hammer blow by taking the mayoralty in deep-red bastion Hackney, as well as Lewisham - signposting more misery to come in London. The Labour leader in Camden - Sir Keir's own council - has been defeated by Zack Polanski's candidate.
SOURCE: Daily Mail
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