Labour and the Liberals and a lot of the Tories, are the adults in the room, the right sort of people, the clever types, the enlightened ones, the philosopher kings, there to save the benighted befuddled lumpen masses from themselves.
That's why, the last time the twerps - of which I'm one - had the nerve to vote the wrong way, Brexit, that's why the better people went crazy, trying every legal lawyer liar three card trick in parliament and in the courts, whilst more of their number painted their faces yellow and blue and wore silly clothes outside parliament, and brought their dog along for good measure (the wooferendum). And Starmer was, don't forget, the shadow minister in charge of thwarting Brexit.
So, yes if they know they're going to lose, I fully believe they'll go into cheat mode to stop an electoral meltdown.
They've got form.
May next year? Gerrymandering by any other name don’t you think?
What price democracy now Mr. Starmer? You’re tanking it in the polls, you know it so Something Has to be Done.