JACK STRAW: 'Labour MPs are panicking over election drubbing - I have this sensible advice'

JACK STRAW: 'Labour MPs are panicking over election drubbing - I have this sensible advice''History rarely repeats itself, my only sensible advice is to wait a bit until the dust has settled on last Thursday’s debacle', Jack Straw, the former Labour Foreign Secretary writesCommentsNewsopinionJack Straw14:09, 09 May 2026View 2 ImagesJack Straw compared the situation to Harold WIlson(Image: Julian Hamilton/Sunday Mirror) Labour elected by a landslide. Events conspire to knock the government off course. ‌ Two years later Labour gets an absolute drubbing in the local elections, losing control of councils which a week before were rock-solid. Labour councillors ousted from Town and City Halls are vitriolic; Labour MPs panic. ‌ The Labour leader announces that he’s still the man to steer the ship of state to safety – and, just to annoy his internal opponents, later says “I know what’s going on. I’m going on”. ‌ OPINIONAndrea EganANDREA EGAN: 'There’s no point sugarcoating it, these results are a disaster for Labour and entire country'Local elections