'Utter Horse Manure': Labour Deny Holborn And St Pancras Victory Would Trigger Snap Election
Zack Polanski, campaigns in London on September 12, 2026, ahead of the Holborn and St Pancras by-election. Senior Labour sources have denied that a victory in a crunch by-election next month could trigger a snap general election. Voters in Holborn and St Pancras will go to the polls on October 8 to choose a successor to Keir Starmer. The former prime minister retained the seat with a majority of around 11,500 at the 2024 election, and the constituency has been held by Labour since it was created in 1983. However, the Greens are hopeful of pulling off a major upset after choosing party leader Zack Polanski as their candidate last week. It has been reported that Labour see the by-election as a “dry run” for a possible early general election. A Labour win, it has been claimed, would show that under Andy Burnham’s leadership, the party is no longer losing the support of left-of-centre voters to the Greens. “If we can beat Polanski in a by-election it will show that Labour is in good shape to fight …
