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Keir Starmer came to office as the antidote to chaos. Yet British politics has a habit of making stable governments look temporary with startling speed. As Labour faces scandal, voter fragmentation and signs of internal narrowing, the snap-election conversation no longer feels fanciful. And if Britain is pushed back to the polls early, the beneficiary may not be who Westminster once assumed.

Labour’s Sadiq Khan has secured a historic third term as Mayor of London by a margin of over 275,000 amidst fierce opposition on electoral reforms from the Tories’ Susan Hall.

In London and across England at large, Rishi Sunak's Tory leadership will be put to the test amidst stumbling supporter counts and swing voters vying to give Labour a chance.