The Labour Party leader said he had a ‘huge chance to take our country forward’.
Sir Keir Starmer said he hopes Thursday’s General Election will see Britain start to rise to the challenge of populism, adding the contest offered a “huge chance to take our country forward”.
In recent days, following electoral successes for the populist National Rally party in France and polls suggesting Donald Trump could return to the White House, Sir Keir has spoken of the need to offer a “progressive” alternative to populism.Asked whether he felt pressure to prove that Labour’s programme could provide an alternative, he said: “Yes, I do think it’s really important that we make that case.
“Now obviously that starts tomorrow, I hope, in the UK, and here in Scotland as well, but it is then a shared challenge across Europe and across the world to meet the challenges of today with the answers of progressives.”
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