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Keir Starmer Slammed By Sadiq Khan In Wake Of By-Election Humiliation

Keir Starmer Slammed By Sadiq Khan In Wake Of By-Election Humiliation

Keir Starmer and Sadiq Khan at the Labour conference in Liverpool last year. Sadiq Khan has launched an outspoken attack on Keir Starmer in the wake of Labour’s humiliating by-election defeat in Gorton and Denton. The London mayor said the party and the government must “fundamentally rethink its approach” after coming third behind the Greens and Reform UK . Writing in The Observer, he said: “Many people who voted Labour in July 2024 are now angry and frustrated. “They are impatient to see the change promised at the last general election, including better public services and a growing economy, and they want a Labour government that shares their values. “People need to know what this Labour government really stands for and be able to believe that it still holds true to the core beliefs the party was established to promote.” Accusing the PM of taking taking “progressive voters for granted”, Khan criticised his approach to Brexit, immigration and Gaza. Khan also took aim at Starmer’s suggestion that voters in Gorton and Denton had fallen for the “extremism” of the Green Party. “Many share our values and hopes for the country but are disappointed with the government,” he said. “Calling them extreme will only turn more people away.” However, the mayor insisted he was not joining the calls from many in the Labour Party for Starmer to resign – but said there needed to be “real change and a vision that provides hope for the future, not doom and gloom”. Meanwhile, Labour deputy leader Lucy Powell also took a thinly-veiled swipe at Starmer’s decision to block Manchester mayor Andy Burnham from being the party’s by-election candidate, insisting he “probably would have” won the seat. She said voters “see in him someone who is on their side, someone who is delivering those Labour values and those Labour policies”. Powell added: “We have to draw on that, make use of Andy Burnham, but also draw on that and reflect on how we could do that better nationally and better as a Government. “And I know from talking to Keir many, many times over recent weeks, before this by-election and since, that that is something he is very focused on doing.” Related... Why Labour MPs Want Keir Starmer Out Before It Is Too Late: 'He's Burying The Party' Labour At War As Keir Starmer Faces Calls To Quit After By-Election Humiliation 'It's A Catastrophe': Labour MP Hits Out At Keir Starmer After By-Election Disaster

Australia v India: third women’s one-day cricket international – live

Australia v India: third women’s one-day cricket international – live

Australia set India 410 for victory in Hobart Updates from the ODI at Bellerive Oval Any thoughts? Get in touch with an email 2nd over: Australia 11-0 (Healy 9, Litchfield 2) Kashvee opens the bowling from the other end – she was certainly the pick of the bowlers for India on Friday. However, Litchfield is keen to get going and finds a gap in the infield immediately, driving it through cover for a single. And that has inspired Healy into action as well, she cuts it well for four – the first boundary of the match. Litchfield chases after a wide delivery and cuts it into the deep late in the over – she picks up a single, but it might provide India some hope that they can lure her into more risky shots and pick up a boundary. Healy finishes the over with another four. Continue reading...

Australia v Philippines: Women’s Asian Cup 2026 – live

Australia v Philippines: Women’s Asian Cup 2026 – live

Updates as Matildas host football tournament opener in Perth Kick-off time is 5pm local/8pm AEDT Any thoughts? Email Joey Lynch If you are just checking in after a long break, it shouldn’t take you too long to come to grips with who is in the squad and who isn’t as, for all the talk of renewal and generational change under Joe Montemurro, there’s plenty of familiar faces in the 26-player squad. Here’s a player-by-player guide of each and every member. Drawn in by the prospect of another home tournament (assuming you live in Perth, the Gold Coast, or Sydney), are you checking back in for the first time since that fateful semifinal agianst England just over three years ago? Wondering what’s happened with the Matildas since? Continue reading...