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Sir Keir Starmer is “finished” after Labour was humiliated into third place in a by-election, Kemi Badenoch has declared. The Conservative chief savaged the Prime Minister after Labour was pummelled into third place in Gorton and Denton, behind the Greens and Reform UK.

Hannah Spencer made historical past by changing into the primary Green MP elected in a by-election, with Reform’s Matt Goodwin coming second and Labour’s Angeliki Stogia a distant third. Meanwhile Mrs Badenoch’s Conservative candidate – the previous police officer Charlotte Cadden – secured simply 2% of the vote.

In a staggering broadside towards the Prime Minister, Mrs Badenoch stated: “This result shows Keir Starmer’s premiership is finished. He lost authority a long time ago, a mere hostage at the mercy of a divided Labour Party that cannot decide who to replace him with.”

Sir Keir, chatting with the media this morning, defended his candidate, saying she was “excellent” and “absolutely rooted in her community”. He slammed the Green Party, saying they wished to “tear our country apart”.

But the Prime Minister confronted sustained assault from the Conservatives at present, with Mrs Badenoch saying he had misplaced the help of voters, MPs and the nation. She stated: “If he had any integrity, he would go.” Following allegations of household voting, an unlawful follow the place relations enter the polling sales space collectively, the Tory chief accused Labour of “creating the monster” of id politics that got here again to chunk them.”

She even accused the Labour Party of stirring up “grievance politics between teams primarily based on faith or race”, saying Sir Keir’s party had done so “for many years”. Taking aim at Reform UK, the Tory leader said Mr Farage’s party was now seeking to do the same, and that the Greens had done so “efficiently on this by-election”.

“You are pitting neighbours towards one another,” she blasted. Matthew Goodwin, the Reform candidate, has himself claimed the result represented “the emergence of a dangerous sectarianism in British politics”.

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Mrs Badenoch warned such tactics would “unravel the tradition of tolerance that makes Britain nice”. She took aim at all three winning parties, saying: “Our nation will not be damaged, however this by-election confirmed that Labour, Reform and the Greens are attempting very exhausting to interrupt it.”

The Conservative leader accused Labour of “attempting to purchase folks off with increasingly more advantages spending”, claimed Reform was “telling folks you’ll be able to’t be British for those who aren’t white”, and blasted the Greens for “working a nasty, sectarian marketing campaign whereas concurrently desirous to legalise crack-cocaine.”

Mrs Badenoch insisted the election “was not about who could be the most effective MP” and praised her own candidate. “There was just one smart candidate standing in Gorton and Denton, and that was Charlotte Cadden, a former Deputy Chief Inspector, a mom, a lady who fought for single intercourse areas and dignity for girls and ladies,” she said.

She added: “While the opposite events race to the underside, Charlotte embodies the brand new Conservative Party.” Mrs Badenoch declared: “We are a multiracial nation, not a multicultural nation.”

The devastating result’s a hammer blow to the Starmer Government, with Labour falling into third place amid the continuing Lord Mandelson scandal. Earlier, the Prime Minister had blocked Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham from standing within the seat.