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British voters have spoken in local elections seen as a verdict on Keir Starmer’s leadership
AP ^ | 7 May 2026 | Jill Lawless

Posted on 05/07/2026 7:56:44 PM PDT by Rummyfan

British voters cast ballots Thursday in local and regional elections that could shake up the country’s politics and deliver a heavy blow to embattled Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Starmer’s center-left Labour Party is bracing for big losses in polls that will choose about 5,000 local councilors and a handful of mayors across England, as well as semiautonomous parliaments in Scotland and Wales. They are the biggest set of elections since Labour swept to power in a landslide in July 2024, and Starmer’s opponents have painted them as a midterm referendum on the prime minister.

Polls closed at 10 p.m. (2100 GMT), and some local authorities will count ballots overnight, but the bulk of the results are likely to be declared on Friday afternoon.

A rout could trigger moves by restive Labour lawmakers to oust a leader who led them to power less than two years ago. Even if Starmer survives for now, many analysts doubt he will lead the party into the next national election, which must be held by 2029.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: keirstarmer; labour; reformparty; starmer; twotierkeir; unitedkingdom; wipeout
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Reform are basically wiping Labour out in the North. It's not a defeat. It's not even a rout. Labour are simply ceasing to exist.

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Tonight’s results are calamitous for Labour. Not just for Keir Starmer’s leadership, but for the very future of the party

Britain needs literal annihilation of the people who waged war on it from within, but electoral annihilation would be a good start.

1 posted on 05/07/2026 7:56:44 PM PDT by Rummyfan
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To: Rummyfan

Get rid of Muslims bent on destroying Britain, start with that London f#*ng mayor who is a radical Muslim pretending to be moderate.


2 posted on 05/07/2026 7:59:37 PM PDT by princess leah
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To: Rummyfan

Yes but is it too late? It might be.


3 posted on 05/07/2026 8:13:48 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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Yes but you got turbaned Seekhs and dotted Hindooos running Reform.


4 posted on 05/07/2026 8:14:04 PM PDT by nwrep
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To: nwrep

I fear Reform just means a slower death. They need restore but l don’t think they could get elected in England


5 posted on 05/08/2026 6:29:59 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: Rummyfan

Tories lost too. They are both done.


6 posted on 05/08/2026 6:31:25 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: nwrep

Better them than Muslims.


7 posted on 05/08/2026 6:31:55 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: princess leah

To late. The EU and Britain are heading to the trash bin of history. They are bankrupt, decades of socialism, illegal alien flood, embracing Islam, welfare, etc. and still flushing taxpayers money ($$$ billions) down the Ukraine toilet...fools.

Their recession is quickly turning into a Depression. No tears.


8 posted on 05/08/2026 8:34:22 AM PDT by delta7
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To: delta7

At this point, it’s merely rearranging the deck chairs on The Titanic.


9 posted on 05/08/2026 8:35:17 AM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: Rummyfan

No mention of Restore in the article.

However did the author miss this...

Rupert Lowe MP
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History made. We won ten out of ten seats, with overwhelming majorities in every single one.

Great Yarmouth First, then we Restore Britain.

A very special day.

10:02 AM · May 8, 2026 769.4K Views

https://x.com/RupertLowe10/status/2052750896262476153


10 posted on 05/08/2026 8:40:14 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away! 🇺🇸 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)
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To: Rummyfan

“Starmer’s Center Left Labor Party.” There is nothing “center left” about the hard-left Labor Party,


11 posted on 05/08/2026 11:46:30 AM PDT by phil00071 (r itarianism.” She will try to )
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“They are bankrupt, decades of socialism, illegal alien flood, embracing Islam, welfare, etc. and still flushing taxpayers money ($$$ billions) down the Ukraine toilet...fools.”

Russia is not bankrupt, yet.

But, at last! You are seeing the folly of Putin’s war of aggression.


12 posted on 05/08/2026 12:51:53 PM PDT by TexasGator (I-..)
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“Their recession is quickly turning into a Depression. No tears.”

How does Russia prevent a depression?

The war drove them into this mess.

Stopping the war machine will further worsen the situation.


13 posted on 05/08/2026 12:56:58 PM PDT by TexasGator (I-..)
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Question: How are they going to peacefully get all the non-British foreigners out of Britain and restore sovereignty and freedom?

Answer: They won't. It's too late to deport them. They must be forced out if it can even be done. They won't leave willingly. New laws law or a popular vote won't do it.

The obvious step if they choose sovereignty and political and personal freedom is a bloody civil war and rivers of blood. Otherwise, it is rapid degeneration into forced conversion, dhimmitude, or slavery of the native populations - just like every other conquered people in the Umma.

14 posted on 05/08/2026 3:55:49 PM PDT by Gritty (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the Revolution. - Saul Alinsky)
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