Labour have been absolutely annihilated and some people are actually suggesting the solution is... Jess Phillips as Leader?! pic.twitter.com/oQUJfMlJ8e
— Martin Daubney (@MartinDaubney) May 7, 2021

Incredibly disappointing defeat in Hartlepool.

We are going backwards in areas we need to be winning.

Labour's leadership needs to urgently change direction.

It should start by championing the popular policies in our recent manifestos - backed by a large majority of voters.
— Richard Burgon MP (@RichardBurgon) May 7, 2021

Crushing defeat for Labour in Hartlepool. Not possible to blame Jeremy Corbyn for this result. Labour won the seat twice under his leadership. Keir Starmer must think again about his strategy #HartlepoolByElection
— Diane Abbott MP (@HackneyAbbott) May 7, 2021

Momentum on Labour's Hartlepool defeat: "Starmer's strategy of isolating the left and replacing meaningful policy with empty buzzwords has comprehensively failed. If he doesn’t change direction not only will he be out of a job but the Labour Party may be out of Govt forever."
— Adam Bienkov (@AdamBienkov) May 7, 2021

Yes, everyone knows that I have the ear of Keir Starmer and have been deciding his strategy for months now. https://t.co/SKBVJbgwuD
— Ash Sarkar (@AyoCaesar) May 7, 2021

Labour's vote has declined in Hartlepool in every election bar 2017 since 1997.

It's a microcosm of the crisis facing the party in England more broadly, and can't simply be put down to Brexit, Corbyn or Starmer.
— Ash Sarkar (@AyoCaesar) May 7, 2021

The crisis for Labour is being both a party of the working class who are currently in the jobs market, and the working class who are retired and own their own home.

You can't get anywhere unless you recognise that it's there where the tension lies.
— Ash Sarkar (@AyoCaesar) May 7, 2021

Long live the death of the Labour party! pic.twitter.com/CanQN91LI9
— Secretary of Akkad (@AkkadSecretary) May 7, 2021

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