Labour Kept Smearing Polanski - Now It's All Blown Up In Starmer's Face

Towns to Reform. Cities to the Greens. Wales to Plaid. Scotland to the SNP. Starmer says he's staying. Drop a comment. Right, so Keir Starmer has just lost roughly 1,400 councillors, 37 councils, control of Wales, any pretence of recovery in Scotland, and 33 of his own backbenchers at current count, and yet he is still standing at the lectern telling the country he is not going anywhere. [CLIP] Those words I hope are now haunting him, because we left, we went elsewhere, we punished you as a result, yet you still won’t leave. Labour spent the run-up to these elections running an anti-Green operation. Their messaging was almost entirely about the Greens. Their attack lines were almost entirely about Zack Polanski, the man elected Green Party leader in September last year, who became the focus of weeks of antisemitism accusations from Labour-aligned voices in the press and on social media. And on Thursday, with the smears still echoing, the Greens took Hackney, Hastings, Lewisham, and Waltham Forest, with five councils still to declare at time of writing it must be said. They came second on the BBC's projected national share, ahead of Labour. Polanski personally wasn't on a ballot anywhere, but every council the Greens took, every mayor they elected, every percentage point they put on Labour, lands as his vindication and Starmer's bill arriving. In this video, we offer a sharp political analysis of Kier Starmer's recent losses in the UK political landscape, including significant setbacks in local elections and party seats. The discussion delves into the implications for the Labour party and the broader British politics. Stay tuned for the latest news and updates on these critical political developments affecting the United Kingdom. ►SOURCES: POLL BLUDGER: UK local elections live: 2026 results. BYLINE TIMES: The end of the McSweeney strategy: Labour's Blue Labour project collapses. THE CANARY/SKWAWKBOX: Labour antisemitism' saboteur, JLM boss Ella Rose, ousted from council seat. JEWISH NEWS: Conservatives retake Westminster City Council (live blog: Whetstone result); Reform elects Bootle West candidate with Holocaust denial material on social media WALTHAM FOREST ECHO: Greens take control of Waltham Forest council. THE CANARY: Zoë Garbett elected first Green mayor of Hackney. NATION.CYMRU: Plaid largest party as Labour collapses to nine seats; Eluned Morgan resigns. BALLOT BOX SCOTLAND: Holyrood 2026: SNP hold, Labour and Reform tied for second. OPENDEMOCRACY: Pro-independence governments in Wales and Scotland: the constitutional question Westminster cannot avoid. LABOURLIST: Resignation tracker: 33 Labour MPs call on Starmer to go; Eleven affiliated unions demand urgent change in Labour direction; Labour's local election results: net loss of 84 councillors and six councils MORNING STAR: Quit or Labour will die LEFT FOOT FORWARD: Starmer: I will not walk away ***Subscribe to the channel here*** https://www.youtube.com/KernowDamo?sub_confirmation=1 ►ABOUT ME: Hi, I'm Damien Willey. I'm a former welder, but now I'm a writer, blogger, vlogger and presenter and interviewer with Socialist Telly (Please do go and visit what we all get up to on https://www.youtube.com/c/SocialistTelly) I'm an unpaid carer for my disabled wife and daughter and as such we know all too well the difficulties that are associated with that living in Tory Britain - both blue Tories and red ones - and I personally believe the answer lies in socialism. This channel, along with my other social media act as outlets to push back against that, to demand better of our politicians and leaders, to pull apart the media spin that supports them and the way the UK is run and to give a voice, loud as mine is, to the voiceless. ►CONTACT: Email: [email protected] ►SUPPORT: If you appreciate the importance of alternative media in the UK and enjoy my work please consider financially supporting it. Various options to suit all budgets, please visit linktr.ee/KernowDamo to find out more. Please support Independent Media. ►SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS Alternatively please share this video on your favourite social media & if you'd like to see what I get up to elsewhere, you can also find links to my presence elsewhere at linktr.ee/KernowDamo Damo Rants Kernow Damo news,history,political analysis,current affairs,Keir Starmer,controversy,political scandal,hypocrisy,smear campaign,journalism,UK politics,Labour Party,opposition,allegations,accusations,starmer,zack polanski,local elections 2026,nigel farage,ella rose,starmer out,top news,political strategy,morgan mcsweeney,zoe garbett,antisemitism,politics news,news today,political news,geopolitics,current news,uk government,kernow damo,kernowdamo,damo rants,damo