Never heard what labour s post brexit vision is, have never had a positive labour vision of building new partnerships across the world, that is what keir starmer is going to have to do. you called on him to do that a year ago. why hasn t he done it yet? so him to do that a year ago. why hasn t he done it yet? 501 him to do that a year ago. why hasn t he done it yet? so i think that keir has hasn t he done it yet? so i think that keir has been hasn t he done it yet? so i think that keir has been doing - hasn t he done it yet? so i think that keir has been doing a - hasn t he done it yet? so i think that keir has been doing a huge | that keir has been doing a huge amount of work and how we set forward a vision which is about making brexit work, but is also about supporting people in the british economy. you have heard the things that rachel reeves has been talking about, for example how we make, buy and sell more here in britain, we have heard about the work that nick thomas symonds
Those constituencies is workington, and i am those constituencies is workington, and i am sure a lot of your viewers will remember the westminster obsession with workington man, the rugby obsession with workington man, the rugby league, traditional labour voter, rugby league, traditional labour voter, that they were set to lose and the voter, that they were set to lose and the conservatives should have been and the conservatives should have been gaining. there has been a win for labour been gaining. there has been a win for labour there, been gaining. there has been a win for labourthere, and in been gaining. there has been a win for labour there, and in various other for labour there, and in various other areas for labour there, and in various other areas as well, gains in places like derby, other areas as well, gains in places like derby, southampton, surely, even like derby, southampton, surely, even dudley, which has been losing a lot of even dudley, which has been
Of play so far. our political correspondent helen catt has the story so far. a symbolic win for labour wandsworth in south london, tory for 44 years, until now. even in an election about local services, having the lowest council tax in the country didn t keep it blue. the cost of living crisis did come up, as did the massive cuts from the government since 2010. and also boris johnson. borisjohnson was a vote winner for labour, as indeed was keir starmer as well. and i remind you, huw, in 1998, a year after our landslide victory, we didn t win the seat in wandsworth. in 2002, after our landslide victory in 2001, we didn t win the seat in wandsworth, and we ve done it in 2022. wandsworth s former leader blamed the loss on the cost of living and said what he called the issue of borisjohnson was raised. that was echoed by tory councillors elsewhere. it s partygate, it s notjust partygate. there is the integrity issue. basically, ijust don t feel people any longer have the confidence
A really difficult result for us in 2019, and it wasn tjust about brexit, although it was really important for people, it was about our leadership as well. but labour has moved on, we have a new leader, we have made clear our approach is to make brexit work, and we are changing, i think, to make brexit work, and we are changing, ithink, as to make brexit work, and we are changing, i think, as a to make brexit work, and we are changing, ithink, as a party, rebuilding in terms of, in barnet, for example, we had a real problem, and it was really important to rebuild the support among jewish communities who understandably had felt very angry with labour, and keir has turned that around. i think you have seen huge changes, and as a result, compared to the 2019 election, we have seen a big increase in support for labour in a lot of those areas where we lost constituencies badly in 2019. let’s constituencies badly in 2019. let s stick with the constituencies badly in 2019. let s stick wit
Electoral success, because the evidence is not there that that is the case. ., ., , evidence is not there that that is the case. , evidence is not there that that is the case. ., .,, ., the case. yvette cooper saying that keir starmer s the case. yvette cooper saying that keir starmer s leadership the case. yvette cooper saying that keir starmer s leadership has - keir starmer s leadership has detoxified the brand in some parts of the country, citing the issue of anti semitism in issues cash in places like barnet, but around the rest of the country labour needs to win seats in the north of england, and we will come unto scotland in just a moment. there does obviously seem to be a lot of antipathy now towards boris johnson seem to be a lot of antipathy now towards borisjohnson and the conservative party, but are they embracing labour? conservative party, but are they embracing labour? well, this is the key question embracing labour? well, this is the key question going embr