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Labour Party conference 2024: Keir Starmer speech; ** 10 of 21 **ENGLAND: Merseyside: Liverpool: Labour Party Conference 2024: INTKeir Starmer MP (Labour leader) conference speech continued SOT- This is how the work of change happens./ A decisive mission-led government, moving our country forward, step by step, focused on a long-term plan: that first, we stabilise our economy, second, we fix the foundation, and third, we build, with pride and determination, a Britain that belongs to you/- But it will be hard/ That’s not rhetoric – it’s reality/ It’s not just that financial black hole/ The 22 billion of unfunded spending commitments, concealed from our country by the Tories/ It’s not just the societal black hole./ Our public services – decimated/ Communities held together with little more than good will/ It’s also the political black hole/ Because the politics of national renewal, they’re collective/ They involve a shared struggle/ A project that says to everyone – this will be tough in the short-term, but in the long-term it’s the right thing to do for our country/ And we all benefit from that/ To coin a phrase: “We’re all in it together”/ - But that’s just it, isn’t it? People have heard it all before/ And they listened/ I ran a public service in the early days of austerity/ People did everything asked of them to find a way forward/ They did it in the pandemic, as well: saved the lives of people they will never meet, all while their Government broke the very rules that they followed/ And so people ask us now, as we seek patience in pursuit of national renewal, “What we will we get to show for it?”/ I understand that/ After all, what they are used to is a lie, an act, a charade, a performance/- You can call it populism – many people do/ But I prefer to call it the politics of easy answers/ Because at its core that’s what it is/ A deliberate refusal to countenance tough decisions because the political pain is just too much to bear/ Party fi...