Keir Starmer’s big speech to his party’s conference was about the practical things Labour could do to fix Britain. He was introduced by the leader of Southampton Council, who talked repeatedly about what happens when Labour gets into power. She said that Starmer ‘knew what Labour had to do to win again… now he is setting out what Britain needs to do to win again.’
Starmer’s big announcement to show how Labour will help Britain win again was a practical one: a Labour government will set up Great British Energy, a publicly-owned energy company which will ‘take advantage of the opportunities in clean British power’. It showed that the announcement from Louise Haigh earlier in the week that Labour would bring the railways back into public ownership wasn’t an aberration, but a central part of Starmerism. He wasn’t clear, though, what that would mean for consumers: lower bills? Or just greater energy independence for the country?
That vision for a repaired Britain was quite hopey-changey
This was supposed to be the speech where Starmer set out what he stood for and his vision for the country.
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