Is Keir Starmer Britain's Joe Biden?
The News Agents
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🗓️ 30 September 2025
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
The PM took on what he called the "enemies of national renewal" in his conference speech today - accusing Nigel Farage of exploiting the “politics of grievance”.
Keir Starmer instead pledged a Britain "built for all" - he spoke of the fight for the "soul" of the country. It was all spelt out in quite stark terms, and Starmer's clearest enunciation yet that he sees Farage and Reform, not Badenoch and the Conservatives, as his main threat. He portrayed a new political clash - between decency and division.
The Labour faithful lapped up his patriotic lines, and cheered his attacks on Reform. He nodded to Oasis and the Lionesses in declaring that Britain isn't broken. Is that a smart strategy? Or is he risking painting Labour as defenders of the status quo? Is he making the same mistakes as Joe Biden?
Jon and Lewis speak to the health secretary, Wes Streeting, about whether the PM is getting his message across to voters.
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| 0:00.0 | The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity. |
| 0:08.1 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:11.3 | The Prime Minister Kirstana has just finished his conference speech in the conference hall here in Liverpool. |
| 0:18.3 | We have been surrounded by sea of flags, of St George's flags, the |
| 0:24.4 | Soltire and the Welsh dragon. It was a not so subtle embodiment of what this speech was all |
| 0:31.9 | about, the attempt by Labour and Kyr Starma to rest back the mantle of patriotism from the forces he described |
| 0:40.3 | as the politics of grievance. |
| 0:42.3 | And in terms of delivery of the speech, this was probably, I think, one of Kier Stama's |
| 0:47.3 | best, but given the headwinds this government faces, when people leave Merseyside, is it going to make any substantial difference |
| 0:55.9 | to Labour's position in the country? Welcome to the newsagents. |
| 1:05.1 | The newsagents. Free speech is a British value and we have guarded it for centuries. But if you incite racist violence and hatred, that is not expressing concern. |
| 1:15.6 | It's criminal. |
| 1:21.6 | And this party, this great party, is proud of our flags. |
| 1:25.6 | Yet if they're painted alongside graffiti, telling a Chinese takeaway owner to go home, that's |
| 1:32.0 | not pride, that's racism. |
| 1:34.3 | And conference. |
| 1:42.3 | If you say or imply the people cannot be English or British because of the colour of their |
| 1:49.7 | skin, but mixed heritage families owe you an explanation. |
| 1:54.2 | The people who've lived here for generations, raise their children here, built their lives |
| 1:59.5 | here, working in our schools, our hospitals, |
| 2:01.8 | running businesses, our neighbours, if you say they should now be deported, then mark my words, |
| 2:08.1 | we will fight you with everything we have, because you are the enemy of national renewal. |
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