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* Labour's internal MRP polling is said to be apocalyptic, in the capital and beyond. Labour is on course to lose *every one* of the 50 seats it holds in Sunderland, home to Bridget Phillipson, the education secretary. Most are predicted to go to Reform
* London, where all councils are up for election, is expected to be especially challenging. There are fears that the Greens could make significant gains in Camden, where Starmer’s seat is located, as well as Hackney, Lewisham and Lambeth
* Labour officials are so concerned by the threat now posed by the Greens in the central London councils they have long won by landslides that they have diverted almost all the party’s campaigning resources to contests in the heart of the capital
* One minister said that a bad night in London would be “existential” for Labour, given how many of its members were based there. The party leaders are well aware that Labour MPs are holding 59 out of the capital’s 75 parliamentary seats
* The minister added that the elections looked set to show that there were “no safe seats” for Labour, adding that they feared it was going to be a “bloodbath”.
thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…
