Sir Keir Starmer called the protester who threw glitter over him during a speech an 'idiot' but admitted the security breach 'could have been a lot worse'.
The Labour leader said he was not going to let the disruption stop him from delivering his address to the party conference in Liverpool. Politics Live: Starmer faces questions from Kay Burley He told Sky News: 'We have worked for four years to get the Labour Party to a position where I could speak not just to the room - there were 2,000 or so people in the room - but to the country.
'I was not going to let that idiot deflect me. And that's why I took my jacket off, rolled up my sleeves, notwithstanding the bits of glitter still in my hair and I think on my shoulder, and delivered the speech about national renewal versus continuing decline.' He added: 'I was absolutely not going to be put off delivering a very important speech for me and for our party, particularly at this time where we're going into an election year.
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