Poor old Sir Keir. It turns out that there was indeed a large anti-Reform tactical vote in Gorton – it just is not willing to vote for his party. Following the Greens’ runaway success in last night’s by-election, it was left to Starmer to do the time-honoured tradition of beleaguered party leaders: do five minutes with the broadcasters in which the proverbial gets kicked out of them. Talk about good telly…
The Prime Minister cut an unconvincing figure as he admitted that it had been a disappointing night – but that he is going nowhere. He told Sky:
I will also fight against the extremes in politics, on the Right and the Left, parties who want to tear our country apart. The Labour Party is only the party that can unite our country and our communities and we will line up together in that fight against the extremes of the Left and the Right for the values that we believe in.
Nice words – but the voters just ain’t buying it PM…
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