COVID-19: 'We can't return to business as usual,' says Sir Keir Starmer as he sets out post-coronavirus vision

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The Labour leader says the COVID-19 crisis must prompt a bout of national soul-searching 'about the country we want to be'.

Sir Keir said the policy was in response to the Bank of England suggesting that the"vast majority of savings built up during the pandemic won't be spent".

Sir Keir also promised to forge a"new partnership" between Labour and businesses, announcing that he would offer 100,000 start-up loans if he wins the keys to Number 10 at the next election. Sir Keir ended his speech with a nod to former Labour prime minister Sir Harold Wilson, who said the party is"a moral crusade or it is nothing".

Despite criticism of the government's handling of aspects of the COVID pandemic, Labour continues to trail the Tories in the polls. "Successive Conservative prime ministers have used the rhetoric of change of 'northern powerhouses', 'burning injustices', 'levelling up'."The truth is, whoever their prime minister is, the Conservatives simply don't believe that it's the role of government to tackle inequality or insecurity.

"They have been slow at every stage. They've ignored advice. They haven't learnt from their mistakes," he said."The terrible damage caused by the virus to health and to prosperity has been made all the worse because the foundations of our society have been weakened over a decade."

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Listen - the clue is in the name. News. This isn't new, news or newsworthy. No one but the lowest of the leftist care one jot what Keir_Starmer has to say. He lost the right to a platform when he said he would ignore a democratic vote.

It’s why government is so bad the opposition are worse

Boring

Awwww sounds like a little boy ‘when I grow up and become PM I’m going to introduce British Recovery Bonds’ bless him!!!

Thank god he never WILL

😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂

🙄.....

he is just a waist of time

When I watch u , u bore me I feel.ur just reading what in front of u u got no passion ur just flat and all u do is go on about Boris and his party what they done wrong most of us already know focus on the Labour Party and focus on what u would do of u were in power

I’ve spotted the problem,he’ll never become Prime Minister

Captain hindsight bond JimBelly

Never mind he won’t ever be

If is a cliff you cannot climb. 🤣

He’s not winning me yet, I don’t see him as a PM.

Such a lie

'Bond, British Recovery Bond'

Dreadful SPEECH vote for Diane ABBOTT!!

Of course he would...

That’s a big IF

Like Keir_Starmer is ever going to be prime minister......😂😂😂

I stooped at if he became prime minister

Captain hindsight strikes again

Rather go down the bingo thanks

We can buy a peoples car and go on state ran holidays. Kraft durch Freude 'Strength through Joy'

New leader, same story

If he becomes PM, think I will move abroad especially with his front bench options.

Don’t we already have this as Premium Bonds?

How is it different from all the other bonds he would be borrowing with?

No confidence in that statement “ if he became “ He knows he won’t, if he had the confidence in himself, he would have said “ when he becomes”

Was this billed as a party political broadcast? Certainly seems like it...

There's more chance of him getting off the fence than being prime minister, Keir Rodney Starmer sponsored by cuprinol.!!

He wont be prime minister he'll be gone by then

More chance him making up with the Kemp brothers and reforming spandau ballet

Zzzzz.... Did someone say something.

Better still: CUT ALL TAXES

He says that because he knows mr. Blobby has more chance of being PM than him

Keir Starmer will never be PM. I didn't need to read beyond that.

More meaningless nonsense .

He’d only waste it on setting free pidos

Never going to happen Slimeball

A Labour bond would be to screw its citizens, more than the Tory’s are about to do !

More insincere platitude from an absolute ‘nobody’ who is listened to by absolutely nobody

He’s not prime minister material but a Barrister with no plan. We seen time and time again in PMQ’s how terrible the questioning is. He’s missed his opportunity over the last 12 months and all he gives us is a cross examination that ends with nothing. Not a leader

At least he knows what a hairbrush is for! 😅

The same old Bullshit we have become accustomed to hearing from every political party up and down the country when they want something from you... namely..Your Vote

What a tool! If & maybe he should say never! What does he stand for? I don’t think he even knows that question

Meaning he would raise taxes.

Sobb no what about the 2.3 trillion already including the 400 billion now . They have a money tree . He has no idea just attack all the time . Who would pay the tax payer in PAYE . Including the low Paid . Labour fir the working man !!!😂😂😂😂😂😂

it will never happen, so he can say anything

He won’t be leader in 2032..the next chance labour will have to be in government..

Jeeeezzzzzz what a bore fest!😴😴😴😴😴

How many kids has this one abused

The guy really is a fool!!!!! “IF I WAS” We can all say that

That lad should be on the stage. More chance platting piss Kier pal than you getting the keys to no. 10 player

But he won’t

They're at it with that magic money tree again.

Reading from Jo Swinson’s fairy tale book ... The End

Even Milliband was more credible!

I wouldn’t trust him with a wet fart

This diet-Tory needs to be quiet while the adults run the country 🤫

I am 'new leadership, whatever that means'. Why did my speech get ridiculed and were are the supporters!? No one is listening. They think I abstained on my own speech. Maybe my strategy should be to stay on that fence - but I got splinters in my arse. Think I should ask Boris.

And if I was PM I’d issue everyone with a set of flying pigs to put on their wall!

Kind of irrelevant really. Labour will never be in power especially with that flip flop at the helm

no new normal. fvck this guy.

Oh PLEASE STOP WHINGEING MR HINDSIGHT

Wait your telling me , he wants to run for pm , with everyone head boiled about everything and he’s just said that😂 whoever works with him doesn’t want him to get far lolll too funny

Absolute tool!

We? & pray tell what you do exactly?

He’s wrong. We can and we should. It’s like he deliberately wants to make everything worse.

Starmer couldn’t set a table.

😂😂 Keir_Starmer you do make us laugh

We can’t return to Government telling us what to do, which is precisely what Labour wish to do.

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