Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in Teesside celebrating with Lord Ben Houchen following his re-election as Tees Valley Mayor, May 3, 2024
RISHI SUNAK conceded today that the Tories may not win the next general election, but suggested Britain could be on course for a hung Parliament.
It came as party rebels warned the Prime Minister to change his political course after defeats in the local polls.
Mr Sunak is braced for a continued fallout after the weekend’s local election results, which saw his party lose the West Midlands mayoral race to Labour.
Every Starmer boast about removing asylum-seekers probably wins Reform another seat while Labour loses more voters to Lib Dems, Greens and nationalists than to the far right — the disaster facing Labour is the leadership’s fault, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
While Reform poses as a workers’ party, a credible left alternative rooted in working-class communities would expose their sham — and Corbyn’s stature will be crucial to its appeal, argues CHELLEY RYAN
Starmer struggles to save leadership amid polling calamity
From Gaza complicity to welfare cuts chaos, Starmer’s baggage accumulates, and voters will indeed find ‘somewhere else’ to go — to the Greens, nationalists, Lib Dems, Reform UK or a new, working-class left party, writes NICK WRIGHT