Prime Minister Keir Starmer has launched a blistering attack on Reform leader Nigel Farage, accusing him of not liking Britain and vowing to fight those he calls 'enemies of national renewal.' In a major speech at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool, Starmer said the country faces a choice between 'renewal and decline.'
Starmer was introduced by Hillsborough campaigner Margaret Aspinall, whose son James died in the 1989 tragedy. She praised the PM for keeping his word on a bill to prevent cover-ups. Starmer told her that she and fellow campaigners will prevent future outrages.
Health Secretary Wes Streeting described Farage as 'the biggest snowflake' and warned Labour to 'heed the warning' of Andy Burnham on party culture. Streeting said politics is a team sport and the captain does not need people 'rocking the boat.'
Polling expert John Curtice noted that only one in five Britons voted for Labour, and said the mystery of who Starmer is remains unsolved. Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey praised Starmer for 'stepping up the fight against Farage,' but urged an end to 'parroting' his politics.
In his speech, Starmer condemned racists who seek to divide the country, saying that calling for the deportation of people who have lived in Britain for generations makes one 'an enemy of national renewal.' He urged party members to wave flags in a show of patriotism.
