'I'm not in the Labour Party because I hate Conservatives' the Paymaster General says
ExclusiveJonathan Ashworth MP, Shadow Paymaster General, delivers his speech on the final day of the Labour Party conference Labour has become the natural home for Tory voters because of a shift to the right by the Conservatives, one of the party’s top campaign strategists has argued.that Sir Keir Starmer’s cautious policy programme was “ambitious” but would not scare off voters with “big grand promises which turn into pipe dreams”.
And he played down the influence that the remaining rump of pro-Corbyn Labour would have on a government led by Sir Keir.“I keep pointing out examples of extremism in the Tory party,” he said. “People who want to get rid of Rishi Sunak. And then people keep saying to me, ‘Yeah, but what about these people and what they’re doing?’ They’re not here. They’re not doing anything. Keir Starmer is in charge of this party.
“We have got to to look at the way in which this money is spent. We have got to look at reforms. And one of the jobs that I’m now tasked with is looking at how we reform government and how we get a better service for the citizen.”
United Kingdom Latest News, United Kingdom Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Labour's Jon Ashworth Issues Election Warning: 'Vote Sunak, Get Truss'Ned Simons is politics news editor for HuffPost UK based in London. He can be reached by email at ned.simonshuffpost.com or on Twitter nedsimons.
Read more »
Keir Starmer makes direct pitch to Tory voters to join LabourKEIR Starmer has used his keynote conference speech to make a direct pitch to Tory voters to join Labour – saying the party “fights for our…
Read more »
Tory anger as former Bank of England chief Mark Carney backs Labour’s economic policyHis backing of Ms Reeves drew criticism from those in the Conservative ranks who accused him of being politically biased
Read more »
How Labour and Tory conferences showed both parties' delusionTHE Labour party conference is currently underway in Liverpool, a conference which is just as delusional in its own way as…
Read more »
Britain’s Tory rulers set the weather for Labour’s fiscal policyThe baseline theory explains a lot about British politics
Read more »