A Labour councillor has called Sir Keir Starmer a “liar,” branding his “attack on working class and grandparents” as “unjustifiable”.
Steve Edwards who sits on Dudley Council in the West Midlands made a scathing Facebook post where he said Starmer had peddled in lies to win the election.
The post read: “Thank you to everyone in Brockmoor and Pensnett who held their nose and voted Labour in the borough by-election on December 19. Unfortunately, we came third.
“The over-riding message on the doorstep was anti-Starmer and rightly so. Sir Keir Starmer’s attack on the working class, our children and parents/grandparents is unjustifiable.
Steve Edwards hit out at Starmer in a scathing Facebook post
“He lied to us all to get elected and does not deserve to be the leader of the Labour Party.”
“Good, honest councillors will lose their seats because of Keir Starmer’s actions and his attack on working-class people.”
He added that he is staying in the Labour party with hopes that the current PM gets “booted out,” promising that he and his fellow Labour councillors will “follow traditional Labour values in spite of Starmer’s actions”.
He also congratulated the newly elected Tory councillor for Brockmoor and Pensnett, Alex Dale.
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He wrote that he hopes they will be able to work together to “make the area a better place”.
He ended his post by writing: “Keir Starmer is not your friend but we are.”
In July, Labour won the area with nearly 64 percent of the vote.
However, in the local election on December 19, Labour came third with just 28 per cent of the vote, behind the Tories and Reform UK.
Edward’s comments come as Starmer and the Labour Party have been accused of failing pensioners
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Edwards has described himself as a working class man, who believed “in the values the Labour party was founded to deliver”.
Speaking to The Mail on Sunday, Edwards said Labour needed to look after vulnerable people in society, including children and pensioners.
Edward’s comments come as Starmer and the Labour Party have been accused of failing pensioners after cutting their winter fuel payments.
The PM has also been facing backlash for changes to rules on inheritance tax for farmers.
