MANCHESTER
\nPrime Minister Keir Starmer\u2019s Labour suffered an embarrassing election defeat to the left-wing Green Party on Friday in an area of Manchester it had dominated for almost a century, a result that underscored the breakdown of Britain\u2019s two-party politics. The loss of one of Labour\u2019s safest seats, in the biggest electoral test in almost a year, piles further pressure on Starmer to prove that he should keep his job following weeks of political turmoil and calls for him to resign.
\nThe Green Party\u2019s Hannah Spencer won the contest for the vacant parliamentary seat of Gorton and Denton, with Nigel Farage\u2019s populist Reform UK party coming second, and Labour pushed into third place.The result was \u201cclearly disappointing\u201d, said Labour Party chair Anna Turley.John Curtice, Britain\u2019s most respected pollster, called the result a \u201cseismic moment\u201d, which means the \u201cfuture of British politics looks more uncertain than at any stage\u201d since the end of World War Two.
\nStarmer had staked his personal authority on Labour winning the seat by blocking one of his rivals, the popular Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham, from standing, and by visiting the constituency this week, when British leaders normally avoid campaigning in local areas if they risk losing.
\nThe defeat comes after Starmer faced the most dangerous moment of his premiership this month when some of his lawmakers said he should resign over his decision to appoint Labour veteran Peter Mandelson as ambassador to Washington, despite his links to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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