For months, MPs expected the results of the May local elections across the UK to be a tipping point in Keir Starmer’s premiership. But in the aftermath of the results, and as the number of Labour MPs publicly calling for Starmer to leave has gone past 80 , it has become clear that his opponents are serving a variety of agendas. Here are some of the key tendencies visible in the growing opposition to Starmer. 1. Frustration after local elections Catherine West, the former Foreign Office minister who briefly threatened to launch a “stalking horse” candidacy , spoke for many MPs still reeling from the local elections results when she dared cabinet ministers and others to formally challenge Starmer. The MP for Hornsey and Friern Barnet was prompted to go public after a furious WhatsApp exchange with the housing secretary, Steve Reed.…