Keir Starmer struggling to contain Labour civil war over disastrous round of elections on Super Thursday
Labour was thrashed in the Hartlepool by-election with Jill Mortimer securing a majority of almost 7,000
Tory Ben Houchen won a second term as mayor of Tees Valley with a whopping 73 per cent share of vote
Conservatives gained control of councils including Northumberland, Nottinghamshire, Dudley and Harlow
Shadow home secretary says pandemic has restricted opportunities for Sir Keir Starmer to set out vision
Starmer responded by sacking Angela Rayner with more firings expected as Labour descended into civil war
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The result will likely intensify demands for indyref2 with a pro-independence majority secured with the combination of the SNP and the Scottish Greens.
First Minister and SNP party leader Nicola Sturgeon celebrates after retaining her seat for Glasgow Southside at the count for the Scottish Parliamentary Elections at the Emirates Arena, Glasgow.
But Prime Minister Boris Johnson said his impression was Scottish voters had “moved away from the idea of a referendum”.
“I don’t think this is anything like the time to have more constitutional wrangling, to be talking about ripping our country apart, when actually people want to heal our economy and bounce forward together,” he told a national newspaper. “That’s what people want.”