Prime minister says choice is between ‘decency or division, renewal or decline’, amid rise of Reform UK
Britain faces a “defining choice” between a patriotic Labour party promising national renewal or “division and decline” under the “snake oil merchant” Nigel Farage, Keir Starmer has said.
Speaking at the Labour party’s conference in Liverpool, the prime minister said he was engaged in a “fight of the soul of our country” with the Reform UK leader, who “doesn’t like Britain”.
He suggested that established politicians bore some responsibility for Farage’s rise, saying they had “placed too much faith in globalisation” and that Labour had “become a party that patronised working people”.
Starmer addressed the party grassroots on Tuesday after a bruising month dominated by questions over his political judgment and deepening unpopularity.
