Politics

Keir Starmer prepares for ‘dirty and nasty’ campaign from Tories

The Labour leader is preparing for the general election after success in local elections

  • May 13, 2023
Keir Starmer said ‘We’ve been drifting away from working people for a long time’. Picture: PA

Labour is prepared for a “dirty and nasty” campaign ahead of next year’s general election, Keir Starmer has said.

It comes as the Labour leader claimed his project of reforming the party in the aftermath of the Corbyn era is an “on steroids” version of Tony Blair’s symbolic rewriting of Clause Four.

The Labour leader used a speech at the Progressive Britain Conference in central London to offer his vision for the party in the ...