Starmer vows to ‘keep on fighting’ after Greens crush Labour in key race – POLITICO

LONDON — Keir Starmer insisted he would “keep on fighting” Friday after his governing party slumped to a third-place finish at the hands of the left-wing Greens in a crucial election test.

The prime minister — whose leadership was under pressure even before the dire result in the Gorton and Denton by-election — told broadcasters he would continue to “fight against the extremes in politics on the right and the left, parties who want to tear our country apart.”

He stressed his own mandate for office, and cautioned against a leftward tilt in the face of defeat. “The Labour Party is the only party that can unite our country and our communities,” he said.