UK’s Starmer takes blame for ‘very tough’ election loss
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has accepted responsibility for Labour’s “very tough” election defeat, acknowledging he has “doubters, including in my own party.” He vowed to rebuild ties with Europe and admitted that Brexit made Britain “poorer and weaker.”
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has publicly shouldered responsibility for his party’s poor performance in last week’s local elections, acknowledging that the results were “very tough.” Speaking at an event in London, Starmer stated: “We lost some brilliant labour representatives; that hurts, and it should hurt. I get it, I feel it, and I take responsibility.”
Defiance amid doubters
Starmer admitted that he has “some doubters, including in my own party,” but pledged to prove them wrong. “I take responsibility for navigating us through a world that is more dangerous than at any time in my life, and I take responsibility for not walking away, not plunging our country into chaos,” he said. The Labour leader also vowed to rebuild Britain’s relationship with Europe by “putting Britain at the heart of Europe,” adding that Brexit had made the nation “poorer” and “weaker” while migration “went through the roof.”
Historic defeats and Reform UK’s rise
Labour suffered a historic defeat in the Welsh Senedd, while the Scottish National Party secured an unprecedented fifth term in the Scottish Parliament. The elections across Scotland, Wales, and 136 English local authorities — the largest set of polls since the 2024 general election — also saw Reform UK win over 1,450 council seats, continuing its recent electoral surge.
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