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Labour underneath Sir Keir Starmer has been in comparison with the Democrats underneath Joe Biden, because the celebration reels on the lack of a once-safe seat to the Greens. New polling reveals 47% of Labour voters would think about voting Green in a common election.

A Labour supply mentioned morale within the celebration is now “on the floor” however there isn’t a prospect of a management problem earlier than the May native authorities and Scottish and Welsh Parliament elections.

The supply mentioned: “You’d be bonkers if you challenged him now because there’s nothing we can do now… I think we absolutely get wiped out everywhere.”

Polling by Opinium discovered Sir Keir’s web approval score has falled to minus 49 – his “lowest approval rating since he became prime minister and lower than any rating achieved by Theresa May, Boris Johnson or Rishi Sunak”.

Just 15% of these polled approve of how he’s doing his job, which places him behind the Lib Dems’ Sir Ed Davey (21%), the Greens’ Zack Polanski (22%), the Tories’ Kemi Badenoch (27%) and Reform UK’s Nigel Farage (31%).

Labour MPs know the PM is unpopular within the nation however any potential challenger will wrestle to command help throughout the celebration.

The supply mentioned: “The only person who can get rid of Keir still is Keir. We find ourselves in the same situation the Democrats found themselves with Joe Biden.”

The PM is underneath strain to shift the celebration Leftwards to cease help draining to the Greens following the lack of the Gorton and Denton by-election.

Former deputy prime minister Angela Rayner, broadly seen as a possible management contender, mentioned the defeat must be a “wake-up call” for the celebration, calling for colleagues to “rededicate” themselves to “a Labour agenda that puts people first”.

But a Labour frontbencher said the party would not be pushed Left by “the hypnotist” – a reference to Green party leader Zack Polanski’s past as a hypnotherapist.

He mentioned: “We won’t change tact because of one pretty unique constituency and by-election . We didn’t for George Galloway and we won’t for the hypnotist.

“The country expect us to deliver the change they voted for. By fixing the system we inherited with a firm but fair approach, we will help unite the country.”

A Starmer loyalist urged for cool heads in the wake of the by-election, saying: “Let’s not catastrophise what went on.”

Confident that people will see the country change for the better, the MP said: “Keir is head and shoulders the strongest member of our Labour cabinet.”

A Government source warned against learning the “wrong lessons” from the result, which saw Labour finish behind both the Greens and Reform UK. They dismissed the idea Labour is “losing Muslim voters over immigration” as “plain wrong”.

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will make the case for cutting both legal and illegal migration in a major speech on Thursday. She is inspired by Denmark’s success in driving down the number of asylum applications to the lowest number in 40 years and removing 95% of rejected asylum seekers.

A Labour MP said it was “absolute nonsense” the party should move Left, saying: “Since time immemorial, every Left-wing manifesto we’ve presented to the British people has been rejected. What is suddenly moving Left going to do for us?”

Sir Keir faces the challenge of stopping Labour voters drifting to both the Greens and Reform, for whom tackling illegal migration is a defining priority. Opinium found one in five (21%) Labour voters would consider voting for Nigel Farage’s party.

Reform is a major threat to the Conservatives, with 42% of Tory voters saying they would consider backing it.

James Crouch, head of coverage and public affairs at Opinium, mentioned: “The Gorton and Denton defeat, alongside Keir Starmer’s worst-ever ratings, shows just how shaky Labour’s ground has become. With large swathes of its remaining voters eyeing the Greens, and the Conservatives equally exposed to Reform, the traditional bases of both major parties look more fragile than ever.”