"“The results are tough, they are very tough, and there's no sugar-coating it. We have lost brilliant Labour representatives across the country, these are people who put so much into their communities, so much into our party. And that hurts, and it should hurt, and I take responsibility.”"
"“People on the door when we were knocking were saying: 'We think you're a great councillor, we really support you, but we cannot support Labour'. People mentioned that they would not vote for Keir Starmer or for anybody that represented Keir Starmer.”"
"“I'm not going to walk away and plunge the country into chaos.”"
"“People were used to thinking about politics in terms of left and right but tha”"
Labour reported tough local election results in England, with early counts showing losses of more than 250 council seats. Conservatives also lost ground, while Reform UK gained over 350 council seats and took control of Newcastle-under-Lyme and Havering. The Green Party made some gains, but many target seats were still being counted. Liberal Democrats won Stockport and Portsmouth but lost control of Hull to Reform. Counting continued in Scotland and Wales for parliamentary seats. In Wales, Labour was expected to lose control of the Senedd after 27 years. Starmer said the results hurt and that he takes responsibility, rejecting calls to step down and saying he would not plunge the country into chaos.
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