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Labour’s plot to finish Keir Starmer off for good exposed after hammering humiliation | UK | News

Labour’s plot to finish Keir Starmer off for good exposed after hammering humiliation | UK | News

Sir Keir Starmer is facing a growing revolt inside Labour after disastrous local election results sparked claims that MPs are already plotting his removal. In the latest episode of the Daily Expresso podcast, Daily Express political editor Martyn Brown and associate editor James Walker painted a bleak picture for the Prime Minister following heavy Labour losses and a dramatic surge for Reform UK. Walker declared: “Keir Starmer is completely cooked. Let me be clear. These are really tough results. Well, Keir, let me be clear. You are done.” READ MORE: Keir Starmer urged to ‘change course’ by former ally after Wales humiliation READ MORE: GB News halts for double breaking news alerts – both spell disaster for Starmer Martyn Brown and James Walker unpack the Prime Minister’s nightmare week (Image: Daily Express) The comments came as Labour lost more than 400 council seats at the time of recording, while Reform UK gained more than 600 seats and seized control of several councils across the country. Brown described the results as “absolutely apocalyptic for Labour”, adding: …

David Lammy facing Labour civil war over plans to axe jury trials | Politics | News

David Lammy facing Labour civil war over plans to axe jury trials | Politics | News

David Lammy is facing a revolt over plans to slash jury trials (Image: Getty) David Lammy is facing a growing Labour revolt over his plan to axe jury trials as it emerged the first judge-only cases could be heard in two years. The Justice Secretary confirmed he will slash half of jury trials, dramatically increase the number of video court hearings and roll out the use of Artificial Intelligence. Mr Lammy took the fight to the rebels, claiming critics were using “old-fashioned” and “male” arguments amid a record Crown Courts backlog of almost 80,000. But Labour’s Karl Turner blasted: “His proposal to curtail the right to trial by jury across swathes of serious criminal cases is not acceptable. There is deep and growing concern across Parliament that the plan to do away with jury trials is unnecessary and there is no evidential link between the juries and the cause of the backlog. “How much time would actually be saved through the reduction of a right to trial by jury? What are the unintended consequences of …