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Cracks showing for Labour close to back yards of Starmer’s top team

Greens undermined Labour’s progressive base with mayoralty wins in Hackney and Lewisham. Soft left

Polanski says two-party politics 'dead' after election gains for Greens

win over Labour to become mayor of Lewisham. Speaking after the Hackney mayoralty victory, Polanski said: "Two-party politics is not just dying, it is dead and it is buried. "And actually, whether

Labour’s better than expected thrashing may allow Starmer to cling on in No 10

Green wave was going to displace Labour across the capital as some MPs had feared – although Zack Polanski’s party [won the Hackney mayoralty](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/08/greens-unseat-labour-to-win-mayoral-election-in-hackney-zoe-garbett) and had high hopes for Lewisham, Camden

Green party threat to Labour in London laid bare in Starmer’s own back yard

Hackney council is tipped to be the centre of a realignment of progressive voters, with polling suggesting the Greens could take the mayoralty and end up the largest party. The Labour bastions of Lambeth