Keir Starmer urges Tory voters to back Labour in speech disrupted by protester

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• mannycalavera@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Who thought it was a good idea to cover Keir Starmer in glitter? If anything that would make him look more fabulous 🤣.

  But seriously any idea who the protester was? A bitter Momentum supporter?

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  • thehatfox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The protestor was from a group called People Demand Democracy, which claims to campaign for electoral reform. Their policies include proportional representation and creating a “House of Citizens” in parliament.

    I’ve also seen reports that they are also somehow affiliated with Just Stop Oil. They certainly seem to have the same proclivity for stunts and protests judging by the actions today.

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    • DeathWearsANecktie@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Electoral reform in the UK is much needed, I’d like to end the 2 party duopoly

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• Blake@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Our society is fucking falling apart. A massive cost of living crisis, food bank usage is at an all time high, the gap between rich and poor has never been higher, entire generations are completely unable to buy a home, each year breaks through the ceiling for “hottest year on record”, we’re completely blasting past the paris climate accords, still massively subsidising fossil fuels, inflation is absurd, the NHS is falling apart, along with every other public service, and Brexit is not only hugely unpopular but is actively damaging our opportunities.

  And what bold, decisive answers does Labour have to solve these problems?

  close ties with business and a “competitive tax regime”

  not go back into the EU

  not rejoin the single market or a customs union

  not re-establishing freedom of movement

  not committing to investing in renewables or other green policies

  prioritising “””efficiency””” in the NHS, refusing to increase funding until they’ve undertaken an assessment

  focusing on “””economic growth””” rather than green policy (which means sacrificing the environment for the benefit of the wealthy)

  “getting people back into work rather than increasing their benefits“

  “Deploy the power of artificial intelligence“ to help fix the NHS

  ruling out any sort of wealth tax or increasing taxes for the wealthy

  Labour under Starmer inspires no hope or enthusiasm whatsoever. They’re literally the party of, “I guess they’re technically not the Tories”. But make no mistake, they’re running on a right wing platform.

  Labour claim to be “for the many, not the few”, but that’s not true. They’re “for the money, and none for you”.

  If you want to vote for them because they’re better than the far-right Tories, you go ahead and do that, be my guest.

  But I’m not going to be voting for a right wing party next election.

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• autotldr@lemmings.world [bot] ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  This is the best summary I could come up with:

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  Keir Starmer has made a direct and personal appeal for Conservative voters to back him at the general election, using a largely policy-light speech to the Labour conference to present his party as fiscally responsible but able to plan for the long term.

  In a speech peppered with direct and often brutal attacks on the Conservatives and Rishi Sunak, Starmer contrasted the past 13 years of Tory rule with what he described as “the real Britain”.

  At almost the moment he began speaking, Starmer was interrupted by the intruder, a young man who threw glitter over the Labour leader and shouted: “True democracy is citizen-led.”

  In a central section of the speech, Starmer set out his vision of a Labour government undoing the damage from Conservative rule, while yet again stressing that voters should expect this to take time.

  In a section trailed widely in advance, Starmer railed against what he called “one barrier so big, so imposing that it blocks out all light from the other side” – the inability to build enough homes to alleviate the housing crisis.

  This would be based around close ties with business and a “competitive tax regime”, Starmer said, as well as protections for workers: “Not state control, not pure free markets, but a genuine partnership, sleeves rolled up, working for the national interest.”

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