Labour Leader Keir Starmer Invokes Spirit of Tony Blair in Party Conference Speech

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Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer making his keynote address during the Labour Party Conference at the ACC Liverpool, England, on Sept. 27, 2022. PA

The Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer has accused Liz Truss’s government of “losing control of the economy” and, in reference to election victories of the past, he said, “Like in 1945, 1964, and 1997, this is a Labour moment.”

Starmer also quoted former Prime Minister Tony Blair in his keynote speech to the party conference in Liverpool.