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Keir Starmer: “This is the fight in politics at the moment. We should relish the opportunity to take the fight to Reform and give them…”

On the recordJune 19, 2026
This is the fight in politics at the moment. We should relish the opportunity to take the fight to Reform and give them a hiding in Manchester, and frankly, expose them for who they are: divisive, inward, wanting to divide our country, the complete opposite values to us.
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Keir Starmer
Labour Party

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Statement on the political landscape and Reform UK.

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