is going to begin difference to. and in particular is going to begin difference to. and in particular keir starmer today targeting undecided voters, but in going for the middle ground to try and appeal to them, does he risk upsetting labour s base, those who may have backsjeremy corbyn in the last election? it s always tricky in british politics. westminster elections are first past the post and that means both main parties have to be pretty broad churches. the only way to win an election is to attract swing voters, so labour, their task is to win back voters who voted conservative in 2019. actually looking at the local elections, that s exactly what they are doing. they are building up seats. they are making the most gains in terms of number of votes, not seats, sorry, and areas in italy to where they are competitive with conservatives. now it is true that in local elections, they also lost votes in some areas, particularly in areas with a high percentage of muslim voters w
and high rollers competitors from around the world take part in the annual cheesey contest in gloucestershire. good evening. the labour leader has pledged to stop the chaos and rebuild the country in his first major speech of the election campaign. sir keir starmer appealed to undecided voters and urged people to trust him to deliver economic stability and protect national security. rishi sunak, also out campaigning today, dismissed the speech as waffle, saying it contained not a single plan for the future. we ll have more about the prime minister in a minute, but first, here s our political editor chris mason on keir starmer s speech. a man waiting, waiting for his moment, waiting, he hopes, to be prime minister. if you have ever wondered what this man is all about, today was his attempt to give you an answer. ., ., ., ,., answer. the leader of the labour pa , answer. the leader of the labour party. keir answer. the leader of the labour party, keir starmer. part
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tax by 2.5% in the middle of that. i think there was a growing sense voters were losing confidence in boris and his conservative party to manage the economy. to think that made voters more sympathetic to the argument the scandals were a good reason to get rid of him. paul: the economic problem, i agree with you that is a lot of it here. i guess the question is, why wasn t johnson more of a traditional tory in his economic policies? they are supposed to be the party going back to the stature of free markets and fiscal responsibility, low taxes per johnson with the other direction, why? a big part of it were the lessons they thought they had learned from the 2016 brexit referendum when the uk voted to leave the european union. i think there was a school of thought within the conservative party. boris was a big proponent of this.
they feel he has good ideas. there is a lot of room with these voters. that s what makes them so interesting. really quick, neil. you were shaking your head. there s a sense voters give him benefit of the doubt. he s trying, but it doesn t seem like it s good enough. alex, the one main take away, we did four and a half hours of focus groups on wednesday night and we came out of those groups incredibly depressed about what these women had to say. but these women are not feeling sorry for themselves. they re coping with this every day. they have built these strategies to deal with making ends meet and as depressing as the stories were, they were up lifting in terms of their attitudes and how they re dealing with their lives. i ll tell you, women will do what they can for their families. right, margie? that s right. neil newhouse, margie omero thank you very much. don t adjust your sets. central park is pretty much all green still. is fall foliage really lacking