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The State Will Take Back Control of People’s Lives, Says Starmer

by Will Jones
25 September 2024 11:34 AM

Keir Starmer has said the state will “take back” more “control” of people’s lives – twisting the Brexit slogan and backtracking on his previous pledge to “tread more lightly” on people’s lives. The Telegraph has more.

In his first speech to the Labour conference since entering No. 10, the Prime Minister invoked the “take back control” slogan popularised during Brexit to warn about the impact of unfettered free markets and a small state.

Areas that he claimed would benefit from Government control included the NHS, energy, justice, education, the office and the economy.

Sir Keir said he was willing to be “unpopular”, saying the construction of more controversial pylons in the countryside and accepting asylum seekers were “trade offs” the public would have to accept.

His speech – which included the words “control” or “uncontrolled” 15 times – marked a stark contrast to his first speech as Prime Minister in July, in which he told the public he would “tread more lightly on your lives”.

Sir Keir told party delegates in Liverpool: “Now don’t get me wrong – markets are dynamic. Competition is a vital life force in our economy. This is a Labour Party proud to say that. We work hand-in-hand with business.

“But markets don’t give you control – that is almost literally their point. So if you want a country with more control, if you want the great forces that affect your community to be better managed – whether that’s migration, climate change, law and order, or security at work – then that does need more decisive Government, and that is a Labour Government. 

“Taking back control is a Labour argument.”

The phrase “take back control”, used by the Vote Leave campaign as it won the referendum to exit the European Union, may mark an attempt to connect with Reform U.K. voters disillusioned by the Tories’ failure to deliver on past immigration promises.

Sir Keir said in his speech that he had “always accepted concerns about immigration are legitimate”, insisting: “I have never thought we should be relaxed about some sectors importing labour when there are millions of young people, ambitious and highly talented, who are desperate to work and contribute to their community.”

However, he claimed that to tackle illegal migration, the same process “will also grant some people asylum”. He warned that another “trade-off” the public faced in return for cheap electricity was “new pylons overground, otherwise the burden on taxpayers is too much”.

Worth reading in full.

Stop Press: Starmer has been humiliated by Labour members at the party conference this morning as they voted in favour a union-led motion to oppose the winter fuel allowance cut.

Tags: AuthoritarianismBrexitConferenceKeir StarmerLabourLabour Government

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Alan M
Alan M
7 months ago

He runs International Rescue? FAB

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Hester
Hester
7 months ago
Reply to  Alan M

Thunderbirds are go. I bloody well knew I had seen those two in something on tv.
I really don’t think those vehicles or the emerging from a volcano is at all climate friendly

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soundofreason
soundofreason
7 months ago
Reply to  Hester

Yes, but those vehicles are not for the likes of us.

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Jon Garvey
Jon Garvey
7 months ago
Reply to  Alan M

Psst… your strings are showing.

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JXB
JXB
7 months ago

I am surprised.

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davidcraig68
davidcraig68
7 months ago
Reply to  JXB

#metoo

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jeepybee
jeepybee
7 months ago

Well I never.

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
7 months ago

It is safe to conclude that the depth of corruption running through Kneel’s government is so deep that a day without such a revelation would be headline making in and of itself.

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transmissionofflame
transmissionofflame
7 months ago

I’d happily approve a one-off payment of several million pounds each to the whole damn lot of them if they promise to piss off to the Cayman Islands and leave us in peace.

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soundofreason
soundofreason
7 months ago
Reply to  transmissionofflame

Yes, but what about next year’s payment?

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transmissionofflame
transmissionofflame
7 months ago
Reply to  soundofreason

One time offer, no comebacks.

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
7 months ago
Reply to  soundofreason

Once they have settled in on the Caymans, say six months, we nuke them. 😀

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Jack the dog
Jack the dog
7 months ago
Reply to  transmissionofflame

You could buy a lot of hempen rope for several million quid… much more environmentally friendly.

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Jabby Mcstiff
Jabby Mcstiff
7 months ago

These two are proper dense say what you like about their dad. Honestly I don’t understand the attraction.

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Sontol
Sontol
7 months ago

What the article didn’t mention is that giant batteries as backup storage for when the wind doesn’t blow or the sun shine are an absolute bust anyway (just like every other ‘hi-tech’ aspect of the Net Zero agenda);

It would cost £ trillions to provide even a few days worth across the UK, and there are not nearly enough heavy metal and mineral reserves available on the planet for any widescale implementations of this ludicrous concept in any case.

Last edited 7 months ago by Sontol
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Jabby Mcstiff
Jabby Mcstiff
7 months ago

The ‘Green agenda’ isn’t going to happen. England will be the last country to forsake it and not before it has done a lot of damage but it is being disinvested on a worldwide level on every level. Because it is a lie of course and it has been exposed. But when the dust has settled you will as an economy have a hard time of meeting your energy needs because your infrastructure will have been destroyed.

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Purpleone
Purpleone
7 months ago
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By design… they are following a script

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David101
David101
7 months ago
Reply to  Jabby Mcstiff

The idea of a “clean energy superpower” is a contradiction in terms. “Clean energy 3rd World Nation” might be a more accurate phrase. Reliance upon renewables can only bring a nation in one direction… towards a weakening of its security against stronger nations that are backed up by their fossil fuel wealth, and the total reliance on those nations for our economic prosperity, including buying oil and gas from them. I.e. outsourcing our extraction of oil and gas and exporting our wealth.

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Tonka Rigger
Tonka Rigger
7 months ago

Sort of on topic:

https://www.eugyppius.com/p/how-schleswig-holstein-sold-their

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David101
David101
7 months ago

There’s always a money story involved whenever some politician crawls out of the woodwork and starts skipping around a podium, Milliband-style, advocating a supposedly philanthropic cause like Net Zero. The venture-capital firm Giant Ventures and it’s bitches-in-arms the Milliband Brothers will happily reap their fortunes while the global climate laughs in our faces as it continues on it’s merry little way regardless.

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beaniebean
beaniebean
7 months ago

There seems to be no limit to the corruption in Westminster! It doesn’t even surprise us any longer.

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RTSC
RTSC
7 months ago

The Milibands: Prize Marxist Pigs, of the Animal Farm Variety. Snouts in every trough they can find.

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