'I get it': Starmer responds after losing Runcorn by-election to Nigel Farage's Reform UK

Election special - Be clear, Keir: You’re failing

The success of Reform in this week’s local elections and at the Runcorn by-election is not so much a wake up call as a fire alarm that should be clanging loud and clear at Labour HQ. But are they listening? If so, do they understand what they hear? The Matts believe a dramatic change is […]

This is a setback for British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. His Labour Party was defeated in a by-election on Friday, May 2, by candidate Sarah Pochin of Nigel Farage's party, Reform UK, known for favoring Brexit in the UK, reports CNews. With only six votes in advance, Runcorn and Helsby's constituency in the northwest of England passed into the hands of the anti-EU party. Nigel Farage congratulated X, saying that this victory "is now proof that…

Defeat in Runcorn was entirely avoidable – the Labour leadership must now change course

Labour’s defeat in Runcorn was entirely avoidable – and is the direct result of the party leadership’s political choices.

Starmer says ‘I get it’ after Labour’s ‘disappointing’ Runcorn defeat

The Prime Minister said his party ‘get it’ after new MP Sarah Pochin took the seat by a historically slim margin on Friday.

'We get it': Starmer concedes defeat in Runcorn as Farage's Reform party makes gains

Farage said the win was a sign that Starmer had “alienated so much of his traditional base, it’s just extraordinary”.

'I get it': PM vows to deliver change after 'disappointing' local election results as jubilant Farage hails victory

Keir Starmer has vowed to deliver change quickly after "disappointing" local election results, with Reform UK winning the knife-edge Runcorn by-election.