Phillipson: challenge to Starmer would be wrong despite election ‘kicking’
by Rowena Mason Whitehall editor from World news | The Guardian on (#75H17)
Education secretary says voters feel let down but do not want Labour to spend more time talking amongst ourselves'
Labour MPs would be wrong to remove Keir Starmer, even though voters have given the party a real kicking" at the ballot box and people feel bitterly let down", the education secretary, Bridget Phillipson, has said.
Phillipson said Labour had been too gloomy" and had made a mistake in trying to withdraw the winter fuel allowance, after the party lost control of about 40 councils and 1,500 seats at the local elections on Thursday.
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