So 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.
Speaking at the G7 summit about his leadership challenges.
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In six and a half years, I took our party from a historic defeat in 2019, changed it so it was fit to face the country and won a landslide general election victory in 2024.
I go with good grace, I go with a smile, and I go proud of everything we have achieved.
I am about to visit His Majesty the King to offer my resignation and close the book on my time as Prime Minister. My work is done.
It has been a huge honour and privilege to represent the best constituency in the country and to have taken over from Frank Dobson, who was such a great constituency MP and a member of the last Labour government.
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