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Starmer’s Labour Party ‘wiped out’ in UK elections
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Starmer’s Labour Party ‘wiped out’ in UK elections

RT International·RT·24 days ago
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Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has hailed the results as “a complete reshaping of British politics” British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Labour Party has been decimated in parliamentary elections in Scotland and Wales, as well as local elections in England. However, Starmer is refusing calls to resign. Labour was the biggest loser in Thursday’s elections. As results came in on Friday, Starmer’s party had lost more than 1,100 local council seats in England, around 9 seats in the Scottish Parliament, and 21 seats in the Welsh Senedd, as of 7 PM local time. While full results are not expected until Saturday, Starmer has already admitted that “when voters send a message like this, we must reflect and we must respond.” However, although the PM has been urged to resign by some within his own party, including Energy Secretary Ed Miliband, he has dismissed the idea, stating that he is not “going to walk away and plunge the country into chaos.” Some 5,066 out of 16,000 local council seats in England and all 129 and…

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