So who could be Prime Minister, sir keir starmer has transformed labours fortune since the partys historic defeat in 2019. He has also transformed what he and his party say that they stand for which has left a few puzzled as to who the real keir starmer is. One thing is clear, though, he has gone from being the man who could not win the next election to the man who, many say, cannot lose. Keir starmer, welcome back to political thinking. Thank you for having me back, my third time. It is what a change since last time you were here in 2021, does that phrase, cannot lose the election, bristle . I do. There is a long way to go. A lot can change until however long it is until the next election and we have to keep utterly focused on what we need to do. Is it one of those things where you lie awake at night . What i do, i always remind myself that, to get the worst result since 1935, to even a 1 2 Seat Labour Majority is a bigger swing than the swing in 1997 and that is always sobering. The
Hello and welcome to Political Thinking in conversation with rather than interrogation of someone who shapes what our politics could be like this week, so who could be Prime Minister, keir starmer has transformed labours fortune since the partys historic defeat in 2019. He has also tried to transform what he and his party say that they stand for which has left a few puzzled as to who the real keir starmer is. One thing is clear, though, he has gone from being the man who could not win the next election to the man who, many say, cannot lose. Keir starmer, welcome back to Political Thinking. Thank you for having me back, my third time. Bacharach what a change since last time you were here in 2021, does that phrase, cannot lose the election, oh i am so you bristle there. There is a long way to go. A lucky change until however long it is until the next election and we have to keep utterly focused on what we need to do. Have to keep utterly focused on what we need to de we need to do. Eight
campaign here in the uk. all parties out again this weekend vying for support. rishi sunak has pledged to give 30 towns across the uk £20 million each if the conservatives are re elected. he says the money would go towards the long term regeneration of the areas, under the government s levelling up scheme. a topic labour leader kier starmer hasn t been able to escape is dianne abbott. there s been a lot of controversy over the terms of the re admittance of the veteran labour mp into the party. keir starmer has been tackling that issue as well this morning, denying that his party is blocking left wing candidates. 0n diane abbott you said last week you weren t going to get involved in her case. you said the days when the leader rolls up his sleeves and gets involved are well and truly over, that s what corbyn did and ended badly. you said it was a matter for the nec on candidate selection and you avoided having a view becausejeremy corbyn expressed a view and that leads to a
it is public, based on areas in levelling up needs, looking at economic opportunities, skills, health and life expectancy, so it is an objective set of criteria published online, but i will make no apology for supporting towns. it is where the majority of people live and they were neglected for decades under previous labour governments and we are in teesside today, a great example of a place that we focused on as a government can and people can see the change in the communities that has happened. i want to make sure we spread the type of opportunity and pride right across the country. we are the ones taking bold action like that, we are the ones with a clear plan working. that is how we deliver a secure future for everyone across the country. fix. future for everyone across the count . ,., future for everyone across the count . . ,., ., future for everyone across the count . ., ., country. a new poll out today su: nests country. a new poll out today suggests a country. a new poll
you need to change. i had lots of people saying go faster, be bolder. people saying go faster, be holder. the second thing is we had to expose the government is not fit to govern, and we were ably assisted by the government itself. the next stage is if not the government, then why you? what is the case for change you are put into the country? and that is the mission i have set out since the beginning of the year, setting out the changes. at the moment i would say we are confident but not complacent and the biggest danger is complacency. whatever the polls say, i remind myself every day and i remind the shadow cabinet that to get from where we landed in 2019 to a one seat labour majority at the next election would be a bigger swing than tony blair got in 1997. that keeps us rooted which is why i say fight like you are 5% behind, no complacency. on the contrary, we