After this by-election disaster, Keir Starmer might not know which way to turn

New Green Party MP Hannah Spencer embracing party leader Zack Polanski after her victory (Picture: Peter Byrne/PA Wire)

It’s a bit of a nightmare scenario for Sir Keir Starmer.

After the Runcorn and Helsby by-election last May, where Reform pipped Labour by just six votes, there was clamouring for the PM to do more to appeal to his party’s voters who were peeling off to the right wing.

After today’s result in Gorton and Denton, where the Green Party won more than 40% of the vote and pushed Labour into third place...