Starmer takes aim at Farage

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🗓️ 1 October 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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The Labour leader entered conference with the polls against him and Reform UK snapping at his heels. He came out fighting – but was it enough to change his critics’ minds? Helen Pidd. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

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0:00.0	This is The Guardian.
0:10.0	Today, could this be Kirstarmer's last Labour conference as Prime Minister?
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0:52.5	Ferries.
1:01.4	A quick warning before we start.
1:04.1	This episode contains a racist slur.
1:10.2	So we're outside a German-themed pub in central Liverpool,
1:14.7	eagerly awaiting the start of the Labour List karaoke night,
1:19.7	which is apparently one of the highlights of every Labour conference.
1:21.1	I've never made it before.
1:26.2	I've heard wild stories from the past of cabinet ministers disgracing themselves or proving themselves
1:28.0	to be surprisingly good.
1:30.8	It's not karaoke until we have technical issues.
1:34.6	After a few false starts,
1:36.4	things finally get underway.
1:38.3	The first cabinet minister
1:39.3	steps up to the mic.
1:40.9	Okay, our next singer is Heidi Alexander.
1:44.2	Come on now. singer is Heidi Alexander. Come on now.
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