Labour Leader Keir Starmer Invokes Spirit of Tony Blair in Party Conference Speech
The Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer has accused Liz Truss’s government of “losing control of the economy” and, in reference to election victories of the past, he said, “Like in 1945, 1964, and 1997, this is a Labour moment.”
Starmer also quoted former Prime Minister Tony Blair in his keynote speech to the party conference in Liverpool.
Although he did not mention Blair by name, he said the party was back “in the centre ground” and said Labour was “once again the political wing of the British people,” echoing a speech Blair made shortly before the 1997 election.
The 60-year-old, who replaced Jeremy Corbyn after a heavy defeat in the December 2019 general election, said he intended to “turn the UK into a clean energy superpower” with a “green prosperity plan” which he said would create a million new jobs in towns and cities across Britain….