Video: a truly, madly, deeply bad day for Labour

The government has been crushed while Reform surges. But are the results bad enough to force Sir Keir Starmer out of office?

Andrew RawnsleyAssociate Editor, Politics

A decade after Brexit, British voters want more Europe, not less

Starmer was neither corrupt, compromised nor crazy – but his failure to cut through was profound

Photograph by Chris Radburn/AFP via Getty Images

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A decade after Brexit, British voters want more Europe, not less

Starmer was neither corrupt, compromised nor crazy – but his failure to cut through was profound

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