Keir Starmer under pressure to agree exit plan after election mauling
Mainly sharing for Sadiq Khan's I think correct take:
>“Labour has lost votes in London to a variety of different parties, but the biggest change has been Labour voters switching to the Greens,” Khan said. “Without a change in course and an acceleration in delivery, the threat to Labour is existential. We risk a repeat in London, Wales and across England of what happened in Scotland, where we have still not recovered.”
People often forget that Ken Livingstone showed it was possible for Labour to lose London to a left challenger in 2000. If they think it couldn't happen again, they're dreaming.
>“Labour has lost votes in London to a variety of different parties, but the biggest change has been Labour voters switching to the Greens,” Khan said. “Without a change in course and an acceleration in delivery, the threat to Labour is existential. We risk a repeat in London, Wales and across England of what happened in Scotland, where we have still not recovered.”
People often forget that Ken Livingstone showed it was possible for Labour to lose London to a left challenger in 2000. If they think it couldn't happen again, they're dreaming.