"A constant frustration of Starmer's MPs has been that he does not like, as his allies put it, the V word. He is a details-focused pragmatist who takes decisions based on their merits, rather than whether they fit into any particular political story. But what this speech lacked in policy detail, it made up for in narrative. At its heart was an era-defining choice between Labour and the populist right or, as he put it, decency or division, renewal or decline."
"After a summer in which the flags had become the focus of a culture war, he sought to reclaim them, with delegates waving the flags of all parts of the UK. Showing a steeliness and determination that has been largely absent since the general election, he demonstrated to his party he was unafraid of taking the fight to Nigel Farage, after months of leaving a vacuum."
Keir Starmer aimed to make Labour's position unmistakable at the conference in Liverpool. He prioritized narrative over policy detail, framing an era-defining choice between decency and division, renewal and decline. He portrayed a country under Labour as proud of its values and in control of its future. After a summer when flags became a focus of a culture war, he sought to reclaim them and encouraged delegates to wave flags from across the UK. He confronted Nigel Farage and set Reform UK as a clear opposing force, drawing battle lines for the next general election. Starmer remained a details-focused pragmatist who prefers decisions based on merits rather than fitting policies into a single political story.
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