But Nigel Farage's anti-immigrant Reform UK party and left-wing populists the Greens are hopeful of exploiting widespread disaffection with Starmer, already raising doubts about his longevity. "I'm not voting for Labour this time because they're absolutely useless," said long-time Labour voter Sue, who has a homemade Vote Reform UK poster in her window for Thursday's parliamentary by-election. "It is going to be so close between us and Reform," Green party hopeful, Hannah Spencer, 34, told AFP. "Hand on heart it'll be Reform," said Ron, 69, a former Labour councillor who still plans to vote for the party. "Labour's majority looks huge on paper, but in an election like this that could melt away like snow in spring."

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha February 24, 2026 06:58 UTC