Before tomorrow’s elections, Sir Keir called an interview with News political editor Beth Rigby. On Thursday, voters will cast ballots in a number of local council and mayoral elections, as well as a by-election in Blackpool South, in response to the resignation of Tory MP Scott Benton.
However, the Labour leader told Beth Rigby after considering the defeats his party had the last time seats were up for grabs, “Oh yes, that was the low point and it really hit me because my job was to turn the Labour Party around and take us from defeat to victory.”
In politics, it should hurt to lose because the real issue is not about me, but rather whether the Labour Party can return to power and support the working class. Thus, yes, it was a very, very sad time. He called it “a low point,” noting that his party lost eight councils overall and that the Conservatives won the North East constituency, which Labour had held since the 1970s.
