he said sort of cryptic things, migration is too high, yes, i think 700,000 were there it s too big, but today, for the first time in this campaign, he s been clear about a commitment to get the numbers down, which that is a different thing to saying i think it s too high, why? should the next general election be around that time, people like you and me will say you made a commitment in the last general election, how have you delivered against it? i also think it s significant because of the politics of it and the politics of it are pretty obvious and we should bill it out anyway. this is keir starmer, yet again, as he has every day since, though, it was a bit different at the start, he is trying to basically bash voters over the head with a message that he is moving the labour party way to the right of where it was in 2019 and 2017 general elections when their approach to immigration would ve been quite different to this. that is the message here. we can see this is the mess
it is laura in the studio. and it is henry in the studio. henry in the studio. today s big sto is henry in the studio. today s big story is keir henry in the studio. today s big story is keir starmer s - henry in the studio. today s big story is keir starmer s promise | henry in the studio. today s big i story is keir starmer s promise on migration. he has said cryptic things for a long time since he has been leader, yes, migration is too high, 700,000 people coming to the country is too big a number. but today for the first time in this campaign he has been clear about a commitment to get the numbers down, which, henry, is a different thing to say i think it is too high. why? because in five weeks per match time should he become prime minister, people like you and me also you made a commitment in the last general election, how have you delivered against it? i also think it is significant because of the politics. the politics are obvious, but we shall spell it out anyway. t
shall spell it out anyway. this is keir starmer yet again, as he has basically every day since a few months into his leadership of the labour party, although it was different at the start, he is trying to basically bash voters over the head with a message that he is moving the labour party way to the right of where it was in the 2019 and 2017 general elections when their approach to immigration would have been quite different to this. that is the message. we have been quite different to this. that is the message. have been quite different to this. that is the message. we can say this is something that is the message. we can say this is something they that is the message. we can say this is something they really that is the message. we can say this is something they really wanted - that is the message. we can say this is something they really wanted to i is something they really wanted to highlight in particular because he has pulled out one of those old cues thatis has pulled ou
out anyway. this is keir starmer, yet again, as he has every day since, though, it was a bit different at the start, he is trying to basically bash voters over the head with a message that he is moving the labour party way to the right of where it was in 2019 and 2017 general elections when their approach to immigration would ve been quite different to this. that is the message here. we can see this is the message here. we can see this is something they wanted to highlight in particular because he s pulled out one of those old cues thatis pulled out one of those old cues that is like a big politician grabbing a megaphone and saying. i really, really mean this, because he said read my lips. isn t read my lips famous because george bush senior said read my lips, no new taxes and no higher taxes and he lost the election to bill clinton as a result? it is, and often like political phrases they are so taken out