{"id":440259,"date":"2026-05-09T11:59:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T11:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/440259\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T11:59:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T11:59:11","slug":"bloodbath-battering-and-colossal-defeat-uk-papers-react-to-labours-local-election-losses-the-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/440259\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;Bloodbath&#039;, &#039;battering&#039; and &#039;colossal defeat&#039; &#8211; UK papers react to Labour&#039;s local election losses &#8211; The Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimAFBVV95cUxQN1lYQUwyeXVsTlhVaUFZZ1Vnc1Y1a1VySmZ1aUpQTnBPRlZyVkk2WHluNWdBZ0hTVWswRlRqSUFsclFTb2FJd3lKUndVeXRmbnZ4eHlBNEtFUGpkU0xOVm04TFhPNng0RndMZW1fNUFObU1YSERWNjF3MlZxT3RJeEZyd3NKZkxGaGhSOXdtaTNDc1Y2bjJXbg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;Bloodbath&#8217;, &#8216;battering&#8217; and &#8216;colossal defeat&#8217; &#8211; UK papers react to Labour&#8217;s local election losses<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Journal<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiekFVX3lxTFBzUUhfWkp1cXFQTXF3SnE3eS16OGtrN3JBTWZCNEstMjNEUldDTVNDak5QdmVJME9DNTVCdzNoNU52UFptbi14dWlaT1cwWWRMLWxhNHJYZmxnc2doMXR5ZWNZZmZxcldCRnBzbllCRk5XbUc3UElqYVF3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Reform UK arrives as major force in British politics<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RTE.ie<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuwFBVV95cUxQTUI3RmhtWE50el9JRmlTZWo1LXZOc1p6aFdBR01GNWtHOFVyVmw4a3U4VGZNY1BCVXpzUDJqaTduanVxNzY5ZmFnbXFVb1pfUWlJOUo2RVFwVmE3bkFwbi14RGpCOVRlaDlzU2FxbTN6M2VXb1piSkl5NnRpQ2RsNDhkenNQTC0yQUJFWnFZd0dQbTc3dWlZelowLXRIUlRjdnVxY2g3dXdHYURweGdZMUx0bnRzVUxWazQ0?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">British leader Keir Starmer under pressure after heavy election losses<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMipgFBVV95cUxOMDRacEF1cjJkaWlZZ2NJUnVmb3labWJkRS1qRXZoSUFKMk5wUXNkQmRaRjg1bjZYSEd2YUROTC1xVWFOMHNubzNhcmY0RzFKTzVrc0hMRFlMODNiTGRLUVBFMjl1SGxWY2VfWkFBTDJiaUxBVWlyVUl4eGs0aEFOTnVOZTB3b1pfeFkzUWprVURydElFSmtrYmpud3RZN3hhRXltQmNn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">UK elections: Labour\u2019s status as a national party in Britain could be under threat<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiWkFVX3lxTE1yeW9nR3l2RWVNV05IZWxZYV9JSFdNbjFzN2dwekx0bjVqM3dqcXpaWjlRSURYVmQ0MWRXcDZOVGdhQVhUbmNhNFB5bG11SV9aYTFPLTJDamoxUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Reform UK will never take voters for granted, Yusuf says<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8216;Bloodbath&#8217;, &#8216;battering&#8217; and &#8216;colossal defeat&#8217; &#8211; UK papers react to Labour&#8217;s local election losses&nbsp;&nbsp;The JournalReform UK arrives as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":440260,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[68780,42,1194,14235,43,191788,40,38,41,39,1577,191789,191790],"class_list":["post-440259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-front-pages","tag-headlines","tag-keir-starmer","tag-labour","tag-news","tag-starmergeddon","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-uk","tag-uk-front-pages","tag-uk-local-elections"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=440259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/440259\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/440260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=440259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=440259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=440259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}