Starmer's Labour risks losing London local control to Polanski's Greens

8 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · May 6

In Hackney, where Labour has dominated local government for more than 50 years, Mayor Caroline Woodley says the party is proving a harder sell.
The threat reflects discontent with Keir Starmer's Westminster government, with voters across London increasingly looking beyond Labour in local contests.
Hackney's council-backed subsidised housing highlights Labour's local record, but the report suggests national political frustration could reshape control of London boroughs.

After 50 years of Labour rule, will national discontent hand Hackney over to the surging Green Party in the upcoming May elections?

Is the predicted Green surge a temporary protest vote, or does it signal the permanent collapse of Britain's two-party system?