Starmer may be able to win an election – but what comes next?

As the famous quote from Hamilton goes – winning’s easy young man, governing is harder, writes Marie Le Conte

Sir Keir’s leadership has already attracted a number of controversies (PA Wire)

There was really only one loser at the local elections. The Conservative party predicted it would lose 1,000 seats while assuming it wouldn’t – so goes the magic of expectations management – then lost even more seats than that.

There were also some definite winners last week. The Liberal Democrats had their best set of results in some time and, in the unlikely event that they manage to replicate those numbers at a general election, would return to pre-coalition level of parliamentary representation.

Similarly, the Green party managed to play a blinder despite being mostly ignored by the mainstream press, and will now be running its first ever council.