Nottinghamshire Labour decapitated – the only scenario in which Starmer is not incompetent is if his job is to destroy Labour
The Labour group on Nottinghamshire County Council has lost its leader Kate Foale after Foale was defeated by Broxtowe Alliance candidate Teresa Cullin in yesterday’s local elections.
The Broxtowe Alliance posted its delight at the result, which it said shows there is a real alternative for disillusioned Labour voters instead of the far-right limited company that calls itself ‘Reform’:
However, Reform now control the council after taking 40 of its 66 seats. Labour lost heavily and now has just four seats on the council, with similar results across much of the Midlands and much of England, even in previously dyed-red areas like Hull, where it could only manage 4th place in the mayoral election and lost to Reform. The Tories, which previously ran the council, now have just seventeen.
With 20 of 23 councils declared in a set of elections usually dominated by the blue Tories, that party has suffered a huge collapse – and the Tory red team has been almost as catastrophic, losing 171 seats so far and winning only 84, only 10 ahead of the Greens, who made significant gains.
Instead of changing course and offering a real alternative to the far right, Keir Starmer has surprised no one by saying the party will push even harder to the right:
If Starmer’s real job was to kill the Labour party and usher in fascism, it’s the only scenario in which he has shown any competence – a scenario many now consider true. The only hope for the country is for the left to finally get organised into a cohesive and communicative party or alliance while the Farageists demonstrate at council level that they are as inept and politically bankrupt as both red and blue Tories.
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The members of the Socialist Campaign Group should leave the Labour Party, invite Corbyn to join and form a new Political Party and file candidates to stand at next year local elections.
Somehow, I don’t believe they would they are just a huge disappointment.
What these elections have proved is that the majority of the electorate never bother to turn up. Jenkins is now a major with less that 30% of the people able to vote bothering to turn up.
Jellyfish do not have a spine.
Mmmm, strikes me Maria that if SCG members took i), themselves, ii), the people they claim to represent, or iii), the power of democracy seriously., they would have left Labour already.
BUT CORBYNNNNNNNN……
Incidentally, on ch4 news just now they had an interview with a reforming who just won a seat in broxtowe.
A right scruffy get he was, too.
I know people in Hull, where LINO came 4th against the Populist right and it doesn’t surprise me that Reform did so well on the council winning the Mayoral Election . They’re saying ‘whatever it takes’ to win seats and a’the left’ are not offering any alternative, not seperating itself from the Starmer cancer called ‘Labour’. Skwawkie’s right, ‘the left’ needs to become identifiable, cohesive and serious about opposing Reform AND Starmer. It’s not going to happen, is it? Starmer has achieved his objective: ‘the left’ is disorientated, disorganised and leaderless. Farage must be delighted with him – and us.
Can I humbly suggest you come over and see what real socialism is still alive in the Green party. OK I am not onboard with everything but 90% of what I honestly believe an fellow old damn socialist wants is on offer from caring to the NHS, Disability, elderly and a sensible economic policy this is why we are slowly picking up seats and things are really starting to happen as people realise there is no future in Labour any more.
After a lifetime Labour supporter I joined the greens and it was hard but I feel so much better and that feeling of being surrounded by fellow people that care and want to make the damn place better to live not just what’s in it for me types. Maybe with a new party that actually fights cares and is there we can make it finally happen and fight for this country!
Maybe not get into government in my limited lifetime I am very disabled. But I will be damned if I don’t at least try and make it a bit better for my Grandkids, before I join my socialist parents and grandparents in what ever happens next…
Everything you say about the Greens is true d’grandad. Locally in Leeds the Greens have been attracting disillusioned lefties since 2020 at least. I’m sure more former supporters, members and councillors will increasingly join and campaign through The Greens. I look forward to the prospect of a trade union recommending their members vote Green.
Respect to you for your post.
An observation.
In terms of which English Councils were permitted to actually have a local election, the results shown here…..
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2025/england/results
…..show a near perfect correlation between (Blue) Conservative Corporation losses (674) and Reform Corporation gains (677) in Council seats.
Of the 23 Councils shown on the accompanying map in that BBC link, ten Councils resulted in No Overall Majority (Northumberland; Leicestershire; Warwickshire; Worcestershire; Gloucestershire; Wiltshire; Oxfordshire; Hertfordshire; Devon; and Cornwall).
Of the ten English Councils won by the Reform Corporation, eight (Lancashire; Lincolnshire; Nottinghamshire; Derbyshire; Staffordshire; North Northamptonshire; West Northamptonshire; and Kent) were taken from the (Blue) Conservative Corporation; one (Durham) was taken from no previous overall control; and only one Council (Doncaster) was taken from the (Red) Conservative Corporation.
In other words, 80% of the Councils won by the Reform Corporation were taken from the (Blue) Conservative Corporation and only 10% from the (Red) Conservative Corporation.
The remaining three English Councils were all won by the (Orange) Conservative Corporation (Lib-Dems). One from the (Blue) Conservatives (Shropshire) and two from no previous overall control (Oxfordshire and Cambridgeshire).
Those results would likely have been even worse for the Red Tories if they possessed the honesty to properly contest more seats.
Apologies, that should read:
“Of the 23 Councils shown on the accompanying map in that BBC link, ten Councils resulted in No Overall Majority (Northumberland; Leicestershire; Warwickshire; Worcestershire; Gloucestershire; Wiltshire; Buckinghamshire (NOT Oxfordshire); Hertfordshire; Devon; and Cornwall).”