Starmer at the G7:
“Very many times on my political journey, people have said to me, ‘It’s not possible’. They said it’s not possible to turn the Labour Party around. It’s not possible to win an election. It’s not possible, if you do win an election, to invest in your public services and stabilise the economy. Wrong every time.”
Inflation is up, the economy contracted in April, youth unemployment is through the roof, and the welfare budget is a farce. That’s a stable economy apparently. He also claimed the UK will play its “full part” in getting the Strait of Hormuz open. With what navy?
Krishnan Guru-Murthy asked John Healey: “Just finally, I mean Andy Burnham has been very clear he wants Britain back in the European Union in his lifetime. Do you?”
The Chancellor replied: “I’m older than Andy Burnham. I don’t expect to see that.”