In opposition and in government, Keir Starmer has been a loyal ally to Israel. He has continued to arm its atrocities; he continued to fly spy-flights over Gaza, providing Israel with real-time information on the annihilation of the besieged enclave; and he has refused to name Israel’s war crimes, let alone acknowledge its genocide. After ignoring electoral warnings before—from the five pro-Palestine independents elected in the 2024 general election, to the Gorton and Denton by-election drubbing in February—in this election, progressive voters up and down Britain delivered a damning verdict on Starmer’s shameful record.

Further polling will confirm it, but we already know this: while Labour lost hundreds of seats to Reform, it lost far more votes to the Greens, Plaid Cymru, the SNP and Your Party-backed local independent groups. All these parties have robustly challenged the Labour government for its complicitly in Israel’s genocide, and all saw voters reward them.