132 of 136 councils declared. Reform 1,449. Greens 397. Lib Dems 154. Labour and the Tories down 1,997 between them.
What happened is what happened to Kamala Harris. Self-inflicted voter suppression. Labour didn’t lose the base, they sent it home.
22 months of calling Palestine demonstrations antisemitic. The Palestine Action proscription, pensioners and disabled people arrested for holding placards against a genocide. British citizens prosecuted for phrases Israel wants banned: from the river to the sea, globalise the intifada. Diplomatic cover for Israeli war crimes. UK bases used by the US to bomb Iran in service of Israel’s wars across the Middle East.
Failing on immigration. Building a Palantir surveillance state.
Starmer told the Labour left in 2023: “If you don’t like the changes we made, the door is open and you can leave.” The changes included purging Corbyn and silencing the party’s pro-Palestine voice.
People walked through it.
People don’t want Israel first. They want Britain first.