Prime Minister Keir Starmer woke up this Friday morning with a new headacheAnother factor will put more pressure on an already weakened leadership. Overtaken by the Green Party, Labour suffered a catastrophic result in the by-election held this Thursday in the Gorton and Denton district, a traditional Labour stronghold in south Manchester. Two years ago, in the July 2024 elections, he Labour She achieved 50.8% of the vote. Yesterday, she plummeted to exactly half that: 25.4%, relegating her to third place, even behind Nigel Farage's Reform Party.