The “ordinary working-class woman” Keir Starmer referenced in his conference speech as having been crucial to shifting his views on immigration says she “doesn’t believe a word” that comes out of the Prime Minister’s mouth. And she’ll never vote for Labour again…
Speaking to the Manchester Evening News, Joyce Todd said:
“I don’t believe a word [Starmer] says, I’m sorry. I was brought up Labour… My parents were Labour. But I will never vote for them again.”
“She, an ordinary working-class woman from Oldham, a Labour voter, felt that she had to prove to a Labour politician that she wasn’t racist before she could even bring up the issues in her community. I carried that with me through all the bad years […] we are a party that patronised working people and that is why we changed the party.”
Speaking to Sky News off the back of Rachel Reeves’ Air Passenger Duty hike, Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary said:
“Labour is dependent on those Red Wall seats, and yet every move she makes poisons economic growth and damages the UK’s recovery… it’s the Chancellor who stumbles from policy misstep to policy misstep… I think her policy decisions are incredibly stupid.”