If not the Tories, why Labour?

Coffee House Shots

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🗓️ 10 October 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Keir Starmer's leadership speech today in Liverpool didn't get off to the best start after a protestor ran onto the stage and dumped glitter all over him. But after dusting himself down and rolling up his sleeves, the leader of the opposition set about addressing the question that many prospective voters have wanted answering: If not them, why us?

He made big promises on the NHS and pledged to 'bulldoze through' the obstacles to growth caused by the planning system, including with a new generation of new towns. It was one of his best speeches yet, but can they deliver?

Katy Balls and Isabel Hardman discuss.

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0:21.9	Hello and welcome to Coffee House Shots,
0:28.2	Spectators Daily Politics Podcast. I'm Katie Pools.
0:31.2	I'm joined once again by Isvah Hardman.
0:33.6	This time, we've managed to move away from the riverside
0:37.6	and into a hotel room.
0:39.0	Yeah, quite a location. No mentoring glitter,
0:42.6	so it's all going well.
0:44.2	And we've just had Kier Starmer's leader speech at Labour Conference
0:48.1	and here's what he had to say.
0:50.0	People are looking at us because they want our wounds to heal
0:55.2	and we are the healers.
0:57.3	People are looking to us because these challenges require a modern state
1:02.3	and we are the modernisers.
1:04.7	People are looking to us because they want to build a new Britain
1:08.8	and we are the builders.
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