PPSs are calling for Starmer to go now. Track it here:
As Labour Wars today noted there are expectations among Downing Street sources that Starmer could be convinced to resign/set out a timetable for his exit if Wes goes over the top or the Cabinet speaks with enough co-ordination. Wes allies are going over the top tonight…
Starmer’s hail mary “reset” speech this morning was around 65% reheated from the Labour conference address he delivered eight months ago in Liverpool. A line-by-line analysis shows the same family anecdotes (albeit without the signature “toolmaker” refrain) , the same attack lines on Farage, the same education policy, and large chunks of the same phrasing. As if it wasn’t torturous enough the first time…
To give just one example, the youth jobs guarantee was already announced by Rachel Reeves at conference and then repeated by Starmer in his own address. So today was the third time lucky…
At conference:
“A new guarantee… training, work support or an apprenticeship… for every young person struggling to find work.”
And today…:
“Every young person struggling to find a job will get a guaranteed offer of a job, training or work placement.”
There’s plenty more. Take a look below…
| Conference · 29 Sept 2025 | Reset · 11 May 2026 |
|---|---|
| “A new guarantee… training, work support or an apprenticeship… for every young person struggling to find work.” | “Every young person struggling to find work will get a guaranteed offer of a job, training or a work placement.” |
| Youth jobs guarantee — third time of asking | |
| “Further education… so long a Cinderella service… ignored because politicians’ kids don’t go there.” | “Kids ignored by the status quo because politicians’ kids don’t go there.” |
| “Politicians’ kids” — near verbatim | |
| “A fight for the soul of our country… every bit as big as rebuilding Britain after the war.” | “This is nothing less than a battle for the soul of our nation.” |
| Soul of the nation — recycled framing | |
| “I thought about my sister… a care-worker… she works with adults with Down Syndrome.” | “My sister is a carer… working long hours on low pay… she didn’t even get sick pay in the pandemic.” |
| Sister anecdote — recycled | |
| “My brother… badly failed by the education system… put to one side… barely even seen.” | “My late brother, Nick… spent all his adult life going from one job to the next… the status quo did not work for him.” |
| Brother anecdote — recycled | |
| “They lived through austerity… Brexit… Covid… played by the rules.” | “The 2008 financial crash… the Tory austerity that followed it… Brexit… Covid… the Ukraine War.” |
| Crisis litany — recycled | |
| “More apprenticeships… more technical colleges — technical excellence colleges… qualifications linked to jobs.” | “We will go much further on our investment in apprenticeships… in technical excellence colleges… in special educational needs.” |
| Apprenticeships & technical colleges — recycled | |
| “Isaac… who scrubbed off that racist graffiti in York.” | “The people who paint over the graffiti that is racist.” |
| Graffiti motif — recycled | |
| Opening | Achievements | Family bio | Europe | Grievance | Closing |
| Reset | Iran | Steel | Education | March |
| Recycled from conference | New today |
Applause in the room from the trade unionists. Tanks on lawn…
Weekend stalking horse Catherine West’s message to Labour MPs just now:
“I have listened to the Prime Minister’s speech this morning. I welcome the renewed energy and ideas. However, I have reluctantly concluded that this morning’s speech was too little too late.
The results last Thursday show that the PM has failed to inspire hope. What is best for the party and country now is for an orderly transition.
I am hereby giving notice to No10 that I am collecting names of Labour MPs to call on the Prime Minister to set a
timetable for the election of a new leader in September.I want to thank everyone who has been in contact over the weekend to offer good wishes. We need our best top team in
place to fight the next election. We owe working people up and down the country nothing less.Please reply Yes if you think this is the right thing to do. Your name will not be made public for now.
I want to thank everyone who has been in contact over the weekend to offer good wishes. We need our best top team in place to fight the next election. We owe working people up and down the country nothing less.
Please reply Yes if you think this is the right thing to do.
Your name will not be made public for now.”
Helpful for Burnham…
The key points from Starmer’s do-or-die speech, featuring three reheated policies and repeated soundbites from previous resets:
That concludes his 30th reset speech. Will it be enough to stop the herd?
His (many) enemies in the PLP are watching closely…
UPDATES:
Former leader of the SNP in Westminster Ian Blackford told Times Radio why he believes Nicola Sturgeon’s claim that she spent no time in the kitchen and therefore didn’t see any of her husband’s purchases:
“She doesn’t have a passion for cooking.”