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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rowena Mason Whitehall editor

‘Better the devil you know’: former Labour voters in Birmingham unsure about replacing Starmer

A hand holds a stack of red flyers reading 'VOTE LABOUR' in gold letters.
A Labour party activist hands out flyers for the 2026 local elections at a polling station in Small Heath, Birmingham. Photograph: Jacob King/PA

As Keir Starmer faces the prospect of a leadership challenge, former Labour voters in a Birmingham constituency were last week feeling nervous about what could come next.

A month ago, the group from Birmingham Yardley had very little good to say about the prime minister, comparing him to a rat or a donkey. They said they felt he had let them down.

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