The Late Show Live | Friday 8th May

Here in Redbridge, we are showing how Labour can win. Not by trying to be someone else, but by being Labour. That is how we have seen off opponents to our left and to our right. That is how we will hold this borough with a majority, and it is also how we have achieved such good results in Ilford North, where we have gained seats from the Conservatives and beaten the leader of the Redbridge Independents. I am very proud of this

team, I am very proud of our leader, I am very proud to be part of the team here. This is how Labour wins, as Labour, as a team. That is what the Prime Minister will be setting out on Monday, and he will have my support. I am joined now by journalist and broadcaster Candice Holdsworth. What does Keir Starmer do when he walks us into the office on Monday morning at 9am in Downing Street? If it is the Keir Starmer we

are used to, he will let someone else take the rap for all this. There is no way he will blame himself. There have been rumours that he might be looking to reshuffle, so maybe he would get rid of Rachel Reeves, which is interesting. Up until now, people have seen him and Rachel Reeves as twinned. If he goes, she goes, if she goes, he goes. At this point, they are so desperate, he might even try it. There were also rumours

that he might bring back Angela Rayner, which is also very interesting. I don't know what she would do, I think she is still so damaged as a brand herself. I do think that Labour are just in denial. I don't think they really understand what has happened in the local elections, why people have turned against them so much. I think Keir Starmer just has absolutely no feeling for what is going on in the

country. I think they have been thinking up until now that they haven't been left wing enough. I think these results with reform, they just put paid to that idea. That is not what the electorates are in the mood for. They are not in for more left-leaning policies. Actually, it seems like there is a big right-wing shift. Potentially, but then you look at the rise of the Greens as well. You are saying that Labour

shouldn't lurch to the left, but maybe they should, because the Greens are surging. They didn't do too badly last night. They did OK, but I think they performed below expectations. I'm sure this anti-Semitism scandal has hurt them. It would be very interesting to see if it is plotted out on a graph to see all the events leading up to the election and how that affected their support. I also do think that

the Greens tend to do well in very specific circumstances, so in urban areas, with young people, and I think that beyond that, especially in Labour's heartlands, I think they have very little appeal. OK. Just in terms of how Labour regroup here, what do they need to focus on policy wise? Forget who the leader is, what do they need to sort of try and sort out and prioritise? The border, the small boats, the economy? There are

so many things. I know. They have sort of tried to sort out the border, but nothing they have done has worked. They understand that they need to do that, but they just don't know how to do it. I think all the successful models around the world that have worked, like in the US and Australia, they never, ever, ever do them. I also think, yeah, I mean, welfare spending is completely out of control, but that is very much in

the DNA of Labour, and I can't imagine the backbenchers would be able to stomach that. Could they stomach that, cuts in welfare spending? I don't think so. I don't know if Labour... Look, I mean, it sounds obvious to say it, but I think they are going to be like deer in the headlights after this. Yeah. Well said. Candice, thank you so much. Really appreciate you staying up with us. Thank you. Enjoy your weekend, whatever you're up to.