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'It's curtains for Keir' says Labour MP

BBC Politics · May 8, 2026, 2:24 PM · Also reported by 2 other sources

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MP for Normanton and Hemsworth, Jon Trickett, on where Labour has gone wrong.

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'It's curtains for Keir' says Labour MP

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