{"id":2574513,"date":"2026-02-27T15:27:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T20:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/starmer-blasts-extreme-and-sectarian-green-party-after-brutal-election-defeat\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T15:28:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T20:28:16","slug":"starmer-blasts-extreme-and-sectarian-green-party-after-brutal-election-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/starmer-blasts-extreme-and-sectarian-green-party-after-brutal-election-defeat\/","title":{"rendered":"Starmer blasts &#8216;extreme&#8217; and &#8216;sectarian&#8217; Green Party after brutal election defeat"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstarmer-blasts-extreme-and-sectarian-green-party-after-brutal-election-defeat%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2574513&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In the Gorton adn Denton by-election, Green Party candidate Hannah Spencer won with about 41% of the vote, overturning Labor in a constituency long considered Labour\u2019s stronghold and leaving labour in third place behind Reform UK. The result sets up a two-front political dynamic for Labour leader keir Starmer, who condemned the Greens as pursuing \u201cextreme\u201d policies\u2014such as the legalization of all drugs and prostitution\u2014and warned the greens could split the progressive vote and let Reform come thru the middle. The Greens\u2019 victory was attributed to a broad coalition, including a sizable Muslim electorate, with campaign materials in Urdu and messaging in support of palestinians; some of their ads were criticized as sectarian. Starmer argued the Greens are not harmless environmentalists and urged vigilance against divisive politics from all sides. Reform UK remains a dominant force in national polling (roughly 26%), with Labour and the Conservatives tied for second and the Greens following. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-govt-lockdown-to-last-12-months-expect-repeated-vaccinations\/\" title=\"UK Govt: Lockdown to Last 12+ Months, Expect Repeated Vaccinations\">prime minister<\/a>,while disappointed by the result,pledged to continue fighting extremism across the political spectrum.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Starmer blasts &lsquo;extreme&rsquo; and &lsquo;sectarian&rsquo; Green Party after brutal election defeat<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2514258\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>British Prime Minister <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/keir-starmer\/\">Keir Starmer<\/a> is now fighting a two-front war against the left-wing as much as the right-wing, if<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cr453rvy6kvo\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cr453rvy6kvo\"> the results<\/a> of an electoral by-election Thursday are anything to go by.<\/p>\n<p>Green Party candidate Hannah Spencer secured an upset victory in the constituency of Gorton and Denton, a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/labour-party\/\">Labour stronghold<\/a>. Worse than that, Labour didn&rsquo;t even come in second place, as the party fell to third behind <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/nigel-farage\/\">Nigel Farage<\/a>&lsquo;s right-wing Reform U.K.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4474598\/trump-us-friendly-takeover-cuba\/\">Trump says US could &#8216;very well&#8217; see a &#8216;friendly takeover of Cuba&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4474390\/colombia-arrests-key-leader-cucaracho-tren-de-aragua-us-support\/\">Colombia arrests &#8216;key leader&#8217; of Tren de Aragua with US support<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4474161\/mike-huckabee-issues-warning-jerusalem-embassy-staff-leave\/\">Mike Huckabee issues warning to Jerusalem embassy staff to leave &#8216;TODAY&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The upset, which reportedly kept Starmer up until the wee hours of the morning watching results pour in, is now forcing him to condemn the &ldquo;extreme&rdquo; policies of the Greens, such as total legalization of drug use and prostitution.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We will continue to warn of the risk the Greens pose: the risk of extreme policies like legalizing all drugs and pulling out of NATO that most voters strongly reject, and the risk of splitting the progressive vote so that Reform come through the middle,&rdquo; Starmer said in a letter to Labour MPs on Friday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Green Party candidate Hannah Spencer, right, celebrates with party leader Zack Polanski at a volunteer thank you event after winning the Gorton and Denton by-election, Manchester, England, Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. (AP Photo\/Jon Super)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Green secured 41% of the vote in Gorton and Denton, followed by Reform with 29% and Labour at 25%.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;No longer can they try and scare people into saying they have to vote for something because they&rsquo;re worried about the least-worst option,&rdquo; Green Party leader Zack Polanski <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cp8r56vxmn0o\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>They accomplished this feat via a confederation of special interest groups beyond their <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >usual environmentalist contingency &#038;mdash<\/a>; in particular, the approximately 30% of voters in the constituency who are Muslim.<\/p>\n<p>The Greens heavily <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/world\/uk\/uk-green-party-accused-of-sectarianism-after-releasing-videos-in-urdu-and-bangla-featuring-pm-modi-and-gaza\/articleshow\/128826689.cms\">catered to the growing Islamic population<\/a> of Gorton and Denton with campaign materials distributed in Urdu, overtures in support of Palestinians, and the banging of war drums against conservative parties they called &ldquo;Islamophobic.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>One campaign video emphasized images of Starmer with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.<\/p>\n<p>Starmer is <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cp8r56vxmn0o\">now warning<\/a> that the Greens are &ldquo;not the harmless environmentalists they pretend to be,&rdquo; accusing them of welcoming &ldquo;divisive, sectarian politics&rdquo; into their party.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-zealand-prime-minister-wants-to-segregate-unvaccinated-from-vaccinated-citizens\/\" title=\"New Zealand ... wants to segregate unvaccinated from vaccinated citizens\">prime minister admitted<\/a> the results were &ldquo;disappointing&rdquo; for his party, but stuck to his playbook &mdash; promising to &ldquo;fight against extremes in politics&rdquo; on all sides who &ldquo;want to tear our country apart.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>That other &ldquo;extreme&rdquo; that Starmer fears is Reform U.K., which has maintained a healthy lead in nationwide polls for months with a platform centered on deportations and remigration of foreign nationals.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4471518\/uk-foreign-office-minister-confirms-britain-pausing-chagos-islands-deal\/\">UK FOREIGN OFFICE MINISTER CONFIRMS BRITAIN IS &lsquo;PAUSING&rsquo; PASSAGE OF CHAGOS ISLANDS DEAL INTO LAW<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/reform-uk\">Reform U.K.<\/a> candidate Matt Goodwin took solace in his second-place finish by relishing how he &ldquo;embarrassed Labour in one of their strongest seats,&rdquo; but concurred with Starmer&rsquo;s fears that the Greens&rsquo; victory is the result of a &ldquo;coalition of Islamists and woke progressives.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Britain&rsquo;s Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets local party members, in London, Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. (Stefan Rousseau\/PA via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Asked if he had considered resigning, he said: &ldquo;I came into politics late in life to fight for change for those people who need it,&rdquo; Starmer said to a reporter who asked if he was considering resignation. &ldquo;I will keep on fighting for those people for as long as I&rsquo;ve got breath in my body.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Reform U.K. remains the front-runner in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/europe-poll-of-polls\/united-kingdom\/\">British public opinion polls<\/a> with 26% support, followed by Labour and Conservatives tied for second place, with 18% each. The Greens are just below at 16%, followed by the Liberal Democrats at 13%.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starmer slams Greens after shock by-election win<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3468,"featured_media":2574514,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP26058279965549.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[74766,74767,32902,34755],"class_list":["post-2574513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-election-defeat-2","tag-extreme-2","tag-green-party","tag-starmer"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AP26058279965549.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2574513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3468"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2574513"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2574513\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2574517,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2574513\/revisions\/2574517"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2574514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2574513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2574513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2574513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}