25m ago
03.12 GMT
Powell
appears to concede Labour defeat
Josh
Halliday
Labour’s
deputy leader, Lucy Powell, appears to have conceded defeat at the count in
Manchester Central convention complex.
She said:
“What’s clear is that the Greens have turned out their vote higher than they
might otherwise have expected to do.
There
is a big majority in this constituency that hasn’t voted for Reform and on the
day the Greens have managed to win that argument that they were the best placed
to do that. I’m not sure whether that would totally translate to a general
election – we will have to see.
People
want to see the Labour party, the Labour government, shouting more loudly about
our values, about our story ... and how we’re trying to change people’s lives
for the better and they want to reject the policies of Reform, which they are
going to resoundingly do in this byelection result this evening.
Asked
about Keir Starmer’s future, Powell said: “Keir is resolute in his job as
leader of the Labour party, as our prime minister and the task he has in hand.
Keir has been dealing with some very big global headwinds in recent weeks and
months ... and it’s a tough job being prime minister. I know that Keir is the
right person for that job and he does that job really well.
This
is about politics as well - we’ve got to get our politics clearer so people
know that we are on their side, we are standing up for them.
She
added:
There
is no leadership contest. We have a leader in Keir Starmer. What Keir himself
has been saying very, very clearly ... is that we do need to show our Labour
values more strongly; we do need to unite that voter coalition once again to
stand up for what I think this constituency will have shown, which is the vast
majority of people in this country want to reject the politics of Reform,
reject their division ... and we’ve got to be the leaders of that and we will
be.
.jpeg)
.jpeg)
.jpeg)
Sem comentários:
Enviar um comentário