Public confidence is falling quickl
y. The party must do far more to win it back.
What is Labour for? That was the question that confronted the party following an uneasy start in government. After his first conference as Prime Minister, Keir Starmer can claim to have gone some way to answering it.
As Andrew Marr writes on page 14, the PM’s conference speech was that of a serious leader prepared to level with the country about the choices it faces. “I will always treat you with the respect of candour, not the distraction of bluster,” Mr Starmer declared. As proof of this, he warned that taxes would rise, that new prisons would be built and that local objections to housing and energy projects would be overruled.
What is Labour for? That was the question that confronted the party following an uneasy start in government. After his first conference as Prime Minister, Keir Starmer can claim to have gone some way to answering it.
As Andrew Marr writes on page 14, the PM’s conference speech was that of a serious leader prepared to level with the country about the choices it faces. “I will always treat you with the respect of candour, not the distraction of bluster,” Mr Starmer declared. As proof of this, he warned that taxes would rise, that new prisons would be built and that local objections to housing and energy projects would be overruled.
