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This week, British voters will deliver a crucial early verdict on Prime Minister Kirstama's Labour government. Local elections will see over 5,000 council seats and six mayoralties

up for grabs. And while these are local elections ostensibly revolving around idiosyncratic local issues,

in practice, these end up being a kind of public referendum on the mood towards Westminster.

That mood is dower indeed.

Polls point to an unprecedented loss for the nationally ruling Labour Party. Now, we must say that polls can,

and often are wrong, but these elections come at a tricky and crucial time for Kirstama.

Over the past few weeks, he has been under pressure to explain the appointment of Peter

Mandelson as a U.S. ambassador despite known links to the disgraced

financier Jeffrey Epstein. Meanwhile, the economy is sputtering and could get worse if inflation

intensifies amid the Iran crisis. Output may only grow 0.8% this year, far below the 1.4%

that Chancellor Rachel Reeves envisioned in her budget.

If Starmat's party is clobbered in today's vote, there's a chance his party may demand

his exit.

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