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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Christopher McKeon

Keir Starmer vows to fight on despite humiliation of Green by-election win

Sir Keir Starmer faces intense pressure to shift his party to the left or resign after Labour trailed in third in the Gorton and Denton by-election (Stefan Rousseau/PA) - (PA Wire)

Sir Keir Starmer has vowed to “keep on fighting” despite Labour’s humiliating defeat in the Gorton and Denton by-election.

The Prime Minister faces intense pressure to shift his party to the left or resign after Labour came third behind Zack Polanski’s Greens and Nigel Farage’s Reform UK in the previously rock-solid Greater Manchester constituency.

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