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.
But are there any current MPs who can get the 20% support needed in the PLP to start a leadership contest? Starmer seems determined to not stand aside, so they’re going to have to remove him. Burnham could probably do it, but that’d require him getting back to Westminster somehow.
Well, someone’s trying, so we won’t have to wait too long to find out!
Her heart’s not in it apparently:
That’s how Thatcher got the Tory leadership