Political Quotes

Keir Starmer

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Quotes by year · 20222026584 total · peak 2026 (431)
2022: 2 quotes2023: 1 quote2025: 150 quotes2026: 431 quotes
Jun 19, 2026

Congratulations, @AndyBurnhamGM, Labour’s new MP for Makerfield.

theguardian.com
Jun 19, 2026

We won a significant general election result in 2024, with a mandate to bring about change. I'm not going to walk away from that.

npr.org
Jun 19, 2026

In relation to the wider question, look, there are many actors who want to divide our country and to cause conflict in our country.

mirror.co.uk
Jun 19, 2026

Let's pull together as a party and a movement. The one thing we've got to avoid doing is plunging our party and our country into chaos by turning on each other and tearing apart our party and our movement. That has never worked. That's…

independent.co.uk
Jun 18, 2026

We’ve tried privatisation for two or three decades and it’s a complete mess.

theguardian.com
Jun 17, 2026

I'm calling on tech companies operating in this country to introduce device controls that prevent children from sending and receiving sexually explicit images.

reason.com
Jun 17, 2026

Together we will tackle the cost of living, boost jobs and create opportunities for young people.

mirror.co.uk
Jun 17, 2026

My Labour Government is delivering on our promise to reset our relationship and put Britain at the heart of Europe.

mirror.co.uk
Jun 17, 2026

Look, the approach we'll take to the new bill, as it will now be - essentially the same bill - is exactly the same approach as we took before, which is the government will not take a position on it.

mirror.co.uk
Jun 17, 2026

We're the government that is significantly increasing defending defence spending - hard edged.

mirror.co.uk
Jun 17, 2026

What we're now doing is going through with the new Defence Secretary, who's obviously reading into this, where he wants that money to be spent.

mirror.co.uk
Jun 17, 2026

What I do every day is remind myself what I'm here to do. I was elected to serve the country and that is… other people can say what they like. I'm focused on what's my job.

mirror.co.uk
Jun 17, 2026

Oh, Andy is a great asset. And, yes, I want him to have a big role in government.

mirror.co.uk
Jun 17, 2026

Tonight we can dare to dream again. We have a brilliant Three Lions squad, packed with the talent and experience, to get that second star on the shirt.

mirror.co.uk
Jun 17, 2026

I'm not gonna jinx the World Cup but, you know, the last time we won the World Cup it was a Labour government.

mirror.co.uk
Jun 17, 2026

We agreed that we wouldn’t do diplomacy by shouting into megaphones.

theguardian.com
Jun 17, 2026

We should look forward to what a relationship with the EU looks like.

theguardian.com
Jun 17, 2026

We shouldn’t spend the whole time looking backwards to Brexit and going over and over the Brexit vote.

theguardian.com
Jun 17, 2026

But if there is a challenge then I intend to fight. I’m not going to walk away from that, and I’ve been clear and consistent about that.

theguardian.com
Jun 17, 2026

I don’t think there should be a challenge. I think history, particularly the last government, shows that that isn’t a successful way for a government to behave.

theguardian.com

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