UK’s Starmer promises ‘national renewal’ after commanding Labour win
Al Jazeera
Labour Party leader says UK has chance to ‘get its future back’ after 14 years of Conservative rule.
The UK’s Prime Minister-elect Keir Starmer has promised to kick-start an era of “national renewal” after his Labour Party brought an end to 14 years of Conservative rule.
In a dawn victory speech on Friday, Starmer, 61, said the British people had delivered an opportunity for the UK to “get its future back” and restore the country to “the service of working people”.
“Our task is nothing less than renewing the ideas that hold this country together. National renewal. Whoever you are, wherever you started in life, if you work hard, if you play by the rules, this country should give you a fair chance to get on,” Starmer told supporters.
“It should always respect your contribution, and we have to restore that.”
Starmer, a former public prosecutor and human rights lawyer, said that he would strive to show that politics could be a “force for good”.