UK Prime Minister warns workers against political infighting during leadership speech

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(Alliance News) – Keir Starmer has urged his party not to repeat the Conservative Party’s mistake of “getting into political conflict” as it is speculated that his rivals are planning a leadership challenge.

The UK prime minister has said that workers must “come together” more to make life better for working people.

It comes as reports suggest Andy Burnham plans to return to Westminster “within weeks” in a bid to challenge Starmer.

The Labor Mayor of Greater Manchester has identified a number of seats where MPs are willing to stand down, and start by-elections that could pave the way for him to return to Parliament, The Guardian newspaper said.

The newspaper also reported that Burnham’s supporters are trying to avoid a formal leadership challenge to the prime minister, and are hoping to start a plan to have him step down after the expected disastrous Labor results in the May 7 election.

Meanwhile, the Daily Telegraph reported that Wes Streeting, the Health Secretary, is also planning a bid to unseat the prime minister.

Streeting has received the support of more than 81 members of Parliament for his leadership challenge, according to the newspaper. The minimum number required for a leadership challenge.

Putting his case to the Observer, Starmer said: “We have a choice. We can sink into the politics of grievance and division. Or we can rise to the occasion – together – in a national effort commensurate with the scale of threats and turmoil we face.

“I am talking about the national goal of being a strong, strong, and very united nation, which allows us to control our future, raise our eyes, and reach for something better.

“When the nation came together to face Covid, the last government could have transferred that spirit to a better nation.

“But instead, they got involved in political conflicts and allowed the country to go back to the way it was before. Not now.”

He continued: “This government will reshape our nation. In the coming weeks, through the King’s speech and beyond, we will lay out our plan for radical reforms – and an activist, interventionist government to build a strong and just country.”

Reiterating his plans to build closer relations with Europe, the prime minister said: “Sustainability depends on rebuilding the strength of our economy to enable us to withstand these shocks in the future. That means deepening our economic relationship with the EU.

“The world has changed since 2016. And Brexit today looks very different. It has damaged our economy and there is no doubt in my mind where the national interest lies.

“Britain must be at the center of Europe with strong defence, security, energy and our economy. I will be at the European Political Community today to push this forward.”

By George Lithgow and David Lynch, The News Agency

Press Agency: News

source: PA

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