Labour leader says ‘we need to address the everyday concerns of so many people in this country’ after millions voted for far right in France
At the Labour even in Hitchin, Beth Rigby from Sky News put it to Keir Starmer that he was about to enter No 10 with the lowest personal approval ratings of any election-winning Labour leader. She asked him if he was worried about having “the biggest wedding … and then the shortest honeymoon ever”. Was he worried about having a wide mandate, but a shallow one?
In response, Starmer made the point that he regularly makes about how his record transforming Labour as leader showed that he was a person capable of delivering change. He went on:
Is it possible to bring around the change that we offer? Yes, it is. We have that determination, that intention, and in five years’ time we will be able to look back and say ‘You are truly better off, your public services are working properly and the economy is working for everyone.’ I’ll be very, very happy to be judged on that record.
The lesson I take from that is that we need to address the everyday concerns of so many people in this country who feel disaffected by politics, who feel that either the country is too broken to be mended or that they can’t trust politicians because of what the Tories have done for the last 14 years.
We have to take that head on and we have to show, on Thursday for the United Kingdom, and across Europe and the world, that only progressives have the answers to the challenges that are facing us in this country and across Europe.
Continue reading… The Guardian Read More Labour leader says ‘we need to address the everyday concerns of so many people in this country’ after millions voted for far right in FranceAt the Labour even in Hitchin, Beth Rigby from Sky News put it to Keir Starmer that he was about to enter No 10 with the lowest personal approval ratings of any election-winning Labour leader. She asked him if he was worried about having “the biggest wedding … and then the shortest honeymoon ever”. Was he worried about having a wide mandate, but a shallow one?In response, Starmer made the point that he regularly makes about how his record transforming Labour as leader showed that he was a person capable of delivering change. He went on:Is it possible to bring around the change that we offer? Yes, it is. We have that determination, that intention, and in five years’ time we will be able to look back and say ‘You are truly better off, your public services are working properly and the economy is working for everyone.’ I’ll be very, very happy to be judged on that record.The lesson I take from that is that we need to address the everyday concerns of so many people in this country who feel disaffected by politics, who feel that either the country is too broken to be mended or that they can’t trust politicians because of what the Tories have done for the last 14 years.We have to take that head on and we have to show, on Thursday for the United Kingdom, and across Europe and the world, that only progressives have the answers to the challenges that are facing us in this country and across Europe. Continue reading…
