Starmer vows to fight for working class at election
Labour Leader Sir Keir Starmer has vowed to continue his fight for working class people at the general election, having "dragged the party back to service".
During his speech at his party's conference, he invited demoralised Conservative voters, sick of the government's inaction, to back Labour. Report by Alibhaiz. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
During his speech at his party's conference, he invited demoralised Conservative voters, sick of the government's inaction, to back Labour. Report by Alibhaiz. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00 A changed Labour Party, no longer enthralled to gesture politics, no longer a party of
00:06 protest, a party of service.
00:10 [Applause]
00:25 Rebuilt, renewed, reconnected to an old partnership, a bargain, that we serve working people as
00:33 they drive our country forward.
00:35 And that's why we had to change so fast, why we had to fight so hard to change this
00:41 party.
00:42 The bond of respect that comes from service is special.
00:48 National renewal depends on it.
00:51 That's why we stood with NATO, a historic achievement of this party, held out our hand
00:56 to business, ripped antisemitism out by the roots, back to Ukraine, country first, party
01:06 second.
01:08 Imagine if a whole country said we back your potential.
01:12 Imagine if a whole country committed properly to unlocking the pride you have in your community.
01:18 And look what we could build, a country where every contribution is equally respected, where
01:24 you don't have to change who you are just to get on, where whatever your background,
01:29 you feel secure, valued, certain that things will be better for your children.
01:36 If you are a Conservative voter who despairs of this, if you look in horror at the descent
01:42 of your party into the murky waters of populism and conspiracy with no argument for economic
01:49 change, if you feel our country needs a party that conserves, that fights for our union,
01:56 our environment, the rule of law, family life, the careful bond between this generation and
02:02 the next, then let me tell you, Britain already has one.
02:07 And you can join it.
02:09 It's this Labour Party.
02:11 We have to be disciplined, focused, ready to fight back and confident, Conference, because
02:18 we have come so far already.
02:21 We dragged this party back to service and we can do the same for politics.
02:26 I grew up working class.
02:29 I've been fighting all my life and I won't stop now.
02:33 I felt the anxiety of a cost of living crisis before and until your family can see the way
02:38 out, I will fight for you.
02:39 That's my mission.
02:40 That's my mission, and we will do it.