Britain's governing Conservative Party is suffering heavy losses as an array of election results pour in Friday.
Newly-elected British Labour MP Chris Webb, right, with Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, celebrating at Blackpool Cricket Club, England, on Friday May 3, 2024, after being declared winner in the Blackpool South by-election.
The only negative so far for Labour has been in some areas with large Muslim populations, such as Oldham in northwest England, where the party's candidates appear to have suffered as a result of leader Keir Starmer 's strongly pro-Israel stance in the conflict in Gaza. “This was directly to Rishi Sunak to say we are fed up with your decline, your chaos and your division and we want change," he said.
“We are probably looking at certainly one of the worst, if not the worst, Conservative performances in local government elections for the last 40 years,” he told BBC radio. Labour has won in areas that voted heavily for Britain's departure from the European Union and where it was previously crushed by Johnson, such as Hartlepool in the northeast of England, and Thurrock in southeast England. It also seized control of Rushmoor, a leafy and military-heavy council in the south of England where it has never won.
Sunak could preempt any challenge by threatening to call a general election that has to take place before January 2025. He has the power to decide on the date and has indicated that it will be in the second half of 2024.
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