Labour taking a proper kicking tonight, just goes to show the people know what they see and react to it.
Reform are now favourites on betfair shame theyre just another controlled opposition toby will be seething nonetheless
Labour clung on to several seats by a single vote and they saw a massive drop in votes in most areas. Anyone true to Labour should surely be pushing for Starmer to go or they will be unelectable for generations to come.
Pfft, no doubt she's one of those far right extremists we allegedly keep mentioning. "Ros Jones has barely been re-elected as Labour mayor of Doncaster - and her first move? Publicly tearing into Keir Starmer's failing government. A Labour Mayor who narrowly held on after a strong challenge from Reform has delivered a scathing message to Keir Starmer. Ros Jones, the mayor of Doncaster, won with a majority of just 698 over Reform UK candidate Alexander Jones. She warned that the Prime Minister "needs to listen" to voters. Ms Jones lashed out over decisions to slash winter fuel payments for millions of pensioners, as well as cutting access to disability benefits and hiking National Insurance on businesses. Following her victory she told the BBC: "I think national government needs to look and see what people are saying." She continued: "I wrote as soon as the winter fuel allowance was actually mooted, and I said it was wrong, and therefore I stepped in immediately and used our household support fund to ensure no-one in Doncaster went cold during the winter." Ms Jones continued: "I think the results here tonight demonstrate that they need to be listening to the man, woman and businesses on the street and actually deliver for the people, with the people." Labour mayor's furious message to Keir Starmer as she narrowly beats Reform
It was probably Russian interference again or they didn't know what they were voting for . Something Something Gammons
... yet the Conservatives have lost 5x more councillors than Labour... using your logic they should completely disband ... ... and local Coincil Elections have little or nothing to do with Parliament ... Sir Keir and Labour have four more years ...
I've never voted tory, but they are pretty much disbanding from their previous positions. Labour may well have four more years, but if they do that with Starmer, they're unlikely to have any more years for a long time to come, and anyone wanting a strong Government should see that. As for the Council elections having nothing to do with Parliament, that's a very limited view. They certainly act as an opinion poll if nothing else, and governments have shown they will support Council's of their own hue at the expense of strong opposition areas.
If the uniparty wanted to play the smart game, they could call a general election with the expectation Reform would do well. Reform simply don't have the strength in depth to actually deliver at this point in time, so would quite likely make a total pigs ear of things, especially with the blob being totally against them, which would pretty much wipe them out. In effect they'd be putting Reform in the position Labour are in now, where they are clearly out of their depth and only got in because they weren't the tories.
