Labour Conference: Sir Glitter Starmer

Newscast

BBC

Politics, News

4.4 • 6.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Sir Keir Starmer sets out his plan for government at the Labour Party Conference. Adam is joined by Chris Mason to discuss the speech, where the Labour leader laid out promised a "decade of renewal under Labour” Adam also chats to shadow health secretary Wes Streeting. And, Israel’s ambassador to the UK, Tzipi Hotovely speaks to Adam about the UK’s support for Israel and why she feels these attacks are comparable to the Holocaust. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere Today's Newscast was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Chris Gray with Gemma Roper and Sam McLaren. The technical producer was Phil Bull. The editors are Jonathan Aspinwall and Sam Bonham.

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0:00.0	BBC sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:04.7	Britain must, Britain can, Britain will get its future back.
0:09.7	Thank you, Popper.
0:11.7	Hello, from Liverpool, where Keir Starmer has just finished his party conference speech,
0:18.3	speaking for about an hour, and he talks about a decade of renewal under a Labour government.
0:25.4	That's somebody who's not just got their eye on the election June next year,
0:29.1	but an election after that.
0:31.0	He would like to call his prime minister in 2028 or 2029, two terms.
0:37.0	What a lot of words, not a huge number of announcements.
0:41.8	The centrepiece was this announcement to build loads of new times.
0:46.4	And actually the most dramatic moment was when the speech started and he came to the podium
0:50.3	and a protestor ran up, shouted some stuff and threw some glitter over him.
0:55.0	Which meant Keir Starmer to take his jacket off, roll up his sleeves,
0:58.3	and brush the glitter off his shoulders.
1:00.8	But was it a glittering conference speech?
1:03.1	We will discuss on this episode of Newscast.
1:06.0	Newscast.
1:07.0	Newscast from the BBC.
1:08.6	He got trounced by the former prime minister, who herself got beaten by a lettuce.
1:13.1	At least I didn't slap anybody, which is good.
1:15.0	Green economy, lab lab lab.
1:17.0	It's the Guardian reading, tofu eating, low parratti.
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