A Labour councillor has written a scathing attack on Sir Keir Starmer after a fellow party candidate was trounced in a by-election.
Steve Edwards, who sits on Dudley Council in the West Midlands, posted on Facebook saying his party leader had peddled lies to win the General Election.
The letter said: ‘Thank you to everyone in Brockmoor and Pensnett who held their nose and voted Labour in the borough by-election on December 19.
‘Unfortunately, we came third – the Conservatives got 35 per cent of the vote, Reform 30 per cent and Labour 28 per cent. The over-riding message on the doorstep was anti-Starmer and rightly so. Sir Keir Starmer’s attack on the working class, our children and parents/grandparents is unjustifiable.
‘He lied to us all to get elected and does not deserve to be the leader of the Labour Party.
‘Good, honest councillors will lose their seats because of Keir Starmer’s actions and his attack on working-class people.
‘I hope that election results such as this – Labour coming third in a seat that only six months ago became one of our safest seats – will be the kick up the a**e the national Labour Party needs. But the truth is I don’t think Starmer gives a damn.
‘I stay in the party hoping he is booted out and a proper working-class person, not an Establishment stooge, gets to lead it again.
A Labour councillor has written a scathing attack on Sir Keir Starmer after a fellow party candidate was trounced in a by-election
Steve Edwards, who sits on Dudley Council in the West Midlands, posted on Facebook saying his party leader had peddled lies to win the General Election
‘Your local councillors will continue to work hard and follow the traditional Labour values in spite of Starmer’s actions.
In July, Labour won in the area with almost 64 per cent of the vote, but in the local election on December 19 for another seat in Mr Edwards’ ward it came third with just 28 per cent of the vote, behind the Conservatives and Reform.
Last night, Mr Edwards – who described himself as a working-class man who believed ‘in the values the Labour party was founded to deliver- stood by his comments.
He told the Mail on Sunday that Labour needed to look after ‘the most vulnerable in society – that includes pensioners and children’.
