UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer contrasted his vision of “patriotic renewal” with what he described as the hard-right politics of Nigel Farage, accusing the politician of walking “a moral line” with his anti-immigration sentiments.
In a scathing address on Tuesday, Starmer declared that Britain is facing a “fight for the soul of our country” between Farage’s right-wing Reform UK and the ruling center-left Labour Party. He was struggling with low approval ratings, a weak economy, and doubts about his leadership.
I just do not accept that Britain is broken,” he said at Labour’s annual conference in Liverpool, urging voters to avoid “snake oil merchants on the right, on the left” who make promises of a magic cure or a quick repair.
The party has struggled to deliver on its promise of economic prosperity. Efforts to restore damaged public services and lower the cost of living are thwarted by persistently high inflation and a muted economic outlook.
US President Donald Trump’s trade tariffs and the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine have created “harsh global headwinds,” according to Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves, who indicated Monday that difficult economic decisions will be faced when she presents her budget in November. Starmer issued a warning on Tuesday that difficult financial decisions “will keep on coming.
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