Keir Starmer branded 'dead man walking' as GMB star delivers devastating blow

Keir Starmer has been hit by a huge blow as ITV's Good Morning Britain halted to bring a breaking news update. The show, which was fronted by Kate Garraway and Robert Rinder on Friday morning, shared that Labour has been obliterated in a Welsh by-election after voters flocked to Plaid Cymru and Reform instead.

GMB told viewers that Caerphilly has been a Labour stronghold for more than a century - but a victorious Plaid says this result is evidence that support among Welsh voters has now all but vanished. News correspondent James Gooderson suggested that Labour are "trying to take it on the chin" but he couldn't help but notice some "pretty gloomy Labour faces". He continued to say that Lindsay Whittle, a member of the Plaid Cymru party, thinks that they won the seat because "Labour are not listening to people anymore". The politician accused Labour of "targeting the weak and vulnerable" as he said: "When you come to Wales, you do not target the weak and the vulnerable because we will go for the front.

"And that is what Caerphilly have done - they've gone for the throat and we have given Labour a good kicking tonight."

A Labour MP for Wales, Alex Barros-Curtis, also told GMB that "politics are very volatile at the moment." He said: "There is a real lack of trust in politics and politicians."

James suggested that Labour may now be on a downward spiral as he said: "Labour might be able to chalk this down to tactical voting or people just voting against their government.

"The reality is though, this has knocked their confidence and both of those parties, Reform and Plaid, will be thinking 'we can take more' when the elections happen next May."

Fans of the ITV show hit out at the Prime Minister online. Posting to X/Twitter, one viewer wrote: "Starmer is a dead man walking."

Another added: "All falling apart a little now. Perhaps Labour should begin to open their ears to the voters."

While a third said: "Many had doubts about Starmer before the the election, as was pointed out this morning. Then they rebranded themselves and no one wants all parties the same. Now its brought out many issues that go back to the Blair years & Labour ignoring the working class in my view."