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Coup Against UK PM Complicated as Rivals Lose Votes on Home Turf

Keir Starmer’s main leadership rivals went into Thursday’s local elections weighing a challenge against the prime minister. But Friday’s results showed some of them on increasingly shaky ground in their own constituencies, a factor complicating any potential coup.

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Ellen Milligan, Jacob Reid
Newsroom · hace 39 días
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Keir Starmer’s main leadership rivals went into Thursday’s local elections weighing a challenge against the prime minister. But Friday’s results showed some of them on increasingly shaky ground in their own constituencies, a factor complicating any potential coup.
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