Politics
‘We will fight!’ Keir Starmer turns guns on ‘rivals’ Reform after admitting Nigel Farage could become PM
Sir Keir Starmer has vowed that Labour “will fight” their “rivals” Reform UK in a fiery showdown with his own MPs.
The Prime Minister addressed a private meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party last night after his “sell-out” EU deal, where he once again cast down the Tories as his official opposition.
He told MPs they now held a “moral responsibility to make sure Nigel Farage never wins” as he repeated a string of Labour attack lines against the Reform boss.
“The Conservatives are not our principal opponent,” Starmer said. “Reform is our main rival for power.”
“We have to be clear that every opportunity [Farage] has had in this parliament to back working people, he’s voted against. Telling the workers at Jaguar Land Rover they deserve to go bust.
“A state-slashing, NHS-privatising Putin apologist. Without a single patriotic bone in his body. We will take the fight to him. We will fight as Labour.
“We must unite the country against Reform. We must tackle the cost-of-living crisis. And we must show that we are the party – the only party – that can deliver change for working people.”
But in the face of his tirade against a surging Reform, Starmer was forced to endure fierce questioning by furious MPs over his “island of strangers” migration comments, Gaza, trans people, and the party’s strategy as a whole ahead of next year’s set of local, Welsh and Scottish elections.
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RECAP: EU deal explained in full as Keir Starmer ‘sells out’ British fishing industry
Yesterday’s UK-EU deal is dominating headlines on Tuesday morning, with parties of all shades making their voices heard on Sir Keir Starmer’s “sell-out” to Brussels.
The Prime Minister will face a grilling on the accord in the Commons today, with a ministerial statement expected shortly after midday.
GB News readers can catch up on all the key details of yesterday’s deal at the link below.
