Keir Starmer plans move out of London as Labour s Khalid Mahmood quits shadow cabinet with attack on London-based bourgeoisie and woke social media warriors he says have taken over the party
Tories have overturned 3,500 majority to win by a huge margin of 7,000 votes in the Hartlepool by-election
Shadow minister Jim McMahon conceded hours before result admitting Labour was not close to winning
Civil war in full swing in the part with Corbynites demanding Sir Keir Starmer change tack or step aside
Counting is underway across England after all of the UK went to the polls for Super Thursday elections
Labour Party is bracing for grim results in council elections while the Tories appear to be making gains
Hartlepool by-election result LIVE: Conservatives win seat from Labour by huge margin
The results for the Hartlepool by-election are expected in the early hours of the morning
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The votes are being counted after Teessiders went to the polls in the biggest set of elections outside the General Election. The people of Hartlepool have chosen their new MP, after Labour s Mike Hill stepped down amid an ongoing investigation.
The by-election has attracted national attention, with Labour leader Keir Starmer under pressure as Boris Johnson s Conservative government has been tipped to win the seat for the first time since it was created.
Labour leader Keir Starmer became a figure of ridicule this morning as he was subjected to an avalanche of memes urging him to stand down after party stronghold Hartlepool was won by the Tories.
As #StarmerOut began to gain traction on Twitter the 58-year-old was likened to a clown and suggested to be so weak he could be defeated by a feather.
Another teasing image mocked him up as Rick Moranis s bumbling character in film Honey I Shrunk The Kids, this time titled Honey I shrunk the Labour Party .
And he was even photoshopped so he replaced Boris Johnson in the humiliating picture of him waving flags stuck on a zipline.
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Tories have overturned 3,500 majority to win by a huge margin of 7,000 votes in the Hartlepool by-election
Shadow minister Jim McMahon conceded hours before result admitting Labour was not close to winning
Civil war in full swing in the part with Corbynites demanding Sir Keir Starmer change tack or step aside
Counting is underway across England after all of the UK went to the polls for Super Thursday elections
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