Manchester, United Kingdom, Feb 27, 2026 (AFP) - Starmer vows to fight 'extremes' after UK Labour election drubbing

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2026-02-27

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed Friday to fight "the extremes in politics" after left-wing and hard-right parties both beat his ruling Labour in what had been a traditional stronghold. The embattled centrist leader called his party's third-place showing -- behind the victorious leftist Greens and anti-immigration Reform UK party -- in Thursday's by-election for a Manchester parliamentary seat "disappointing". It came just weeks after he......

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