Conservatives take Hartlepool with huge majority
Party insiders say they always expected today's results to be "particularly difficult" for the party" but that "people don't want to hear excuses"."Labour has not yet changed nearly enough for voters to place their trust in us.“Labour must now accelerate the programme of change in our party, to win back the trust and faith of working people across Britain.
These are exactly the sort of bellwether areas any party with a hope of forming a majority at a general election would need to be winning.But Starmer appears to not just be going backwards, but getting thumped.Housing Secretary Robert Jenrick has said it would be "a disaster" for Sir Keir Starmer if Labour fails to win Hartlepool as predicted."It's exceptionally rare to win a by-election when you're in government.
Sienna Rodgers, editor of the Labour List website, said the Hartlepool result will be "a blow to Keir Starmer".
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