NEW: PM visited Labour HQ today & he’s coming out fighting. Starmer acknowledges tough results and that “it’s not been easy circumstances in last 10 days”
Makes it clear he’s carrying on with the job “to serve my country and to carry out my duties as Prime Minister of this country”
Says he’ll support the candidate in Makerfield 100%
Also uses the remarks to highlight his record - 2 child benefit cap, renters’ rights, NHS lists - and make point that many people just want govt ‘to get on with it’
Full quotes:
“I just wanted to come here to Labour Party headquarters to say a big thank you to you. The election results were not the ones that we wanted, they were really tough. But you worked your socks off.
“It’s not been easy circumstances in the last 10 days. But you have just got on with the job that we asked you to do.
“If you look at just some of the figures that came out last week. We had growth figures that were the best in the G7. That's because of the hard work that we've done in government. On the economy we've got ourselves into a good position, having inherited a real basket case from the last government.
“The NHS figures were really good, which again vindicates what we did, which was invest in the NHS, which is what we said we would do.
“And that's on top of all the other things… The Employment Rights Act. The biggest upgrade in renters’ rights in a generation.
“And then of course all the work that we are doing around child poverty, of which I am really proud. What a game changer that will be for a whole generation and will be measured for years and years to come because the children will feel the impact for the rest of their lives. They will have chances they wouldn't otherwise have had.
“The election results tell us that people are frustrated, they don’t feel that their lives have changed quickly enough.
“We need to build up the urgency of what we do. We need a bit more hope in there. And we need to remember at all times what we are here to do. We were elected to government to serve the people of this country.
“And I remind myself every day that in July 2024 millions of people voted for us to come into government, to get on with the job, to govern, and to bring about the change that they want.
“So I am focused on the job that I was asked to do, which is to serve my country and to carry out my duties as Prime Minister of this country. Delivering for the very many people who voted us into office, who are saying, ‘just get on with it, get on with the job, get on with the change that I need to see in my life’. And that is what I am going to be doing.
“We now have an important by-election coming up. It is Labour versus Reform. We will know very shortly who the candidate is. Whoever they are I am going to support them one hundred per cent and I want every member, everyone in our movement to support them. A Labour candidate to beat Reform. That is the fight that we are in.”
@truthpolitics76@BladeoftheS Nationalisation isn't a taxpayer raid, it’s a capital asset swap. Replace expensive corporate debt with cheaper government bonds, and use monthly bills to pay it off. Its straight forward economics
The absolute nerve of the grifters trying to con you into believing the “Unite the Kingdom” march wasn’t far-right. Just look at the evidence staring you in the face.
@73Julesb@BasilTheGreat So you agree she was born in wimbledon. Health tourist indicates using NHS, they didnt. I cant believe I am defending a tory fucking hell
Keir Starmer will not set out a timetable for his departure, David Lammy says
People familiar with the PM’s position confirm that is correct, contrary to some speculation in recent days
@truthpolitics76@BladeoftheS Simple, create a sovereign wealth fund. Profits reinvested into a national infrastructure fund, legally protect it from the treasury so governments cant dip into the pot, reinvest all profits. Done.
Utilities can easily be Nationalised.
Price cap them all and they will go bankrupt or become almost worthless.
Then renationalise Energy, Water, Rail, Mail and Telecoms that were all built by the Government or with Public Funding anyway.
Utilities can easily be Nationalised.
Price cap them all and they will go bankrupt or become almost worthless.
Then renationalise Energy, Water, Rail, Mail and Telecoms that were all built by the Government or with Public Funding anyway.
@KiddsL47940@ragefighthouse You're whole identity is based on a fallacy. The only suicidal empaths are you, you will die before you admit that your whole identity is built by people who would rather kill you than let you think for yourself. I pity the fool.
Casting a black woman as a Mediterranean woman isn't that much of a stretch, and it teaches our youth that race is just a silly construct used by pasty-white, bigoted oligarchs to divide people