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Sir Keir Starmer will attempt to take on Nigel Farage in a major speech today. Speaking at the Global Progressive Action Conference in London, the Prime Minister will insist progressives must โlook ourselves in the mirror and recognise where weโve allowed our parties to shy away from peopleโs concernsโ.
He will admit the concerns of ordinary people on uncontrolled immigration, saying: โFor too many years itโs been too easy for people to come here, slip into the shadow economy and remain here illegally.”
Sir Keir will add: โIt is not compassionate left-wing politics to rely on labour that exploits foreign workers and undercuts fair wages. But the simple fact that every nation needs to have control over its borders.โ
He will also call for “patriotic renewal”, saying: โThis is the defining political choice of our times: a politics of predatory grievance, preying on the problems of working people. Using that infrastructure of divisionโฆ against the politics of patriotic renewal.
โRooted in communities, building a better country. Brick by brick, from the bottom-up โ including everyone in the national story. Difference under the same flag.โ
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