Labour leader says former PM ‘set loose our natural entrepreneurialism’ in appeal to Tory voters to back him

Keir Starmer has praised Margaret Thatcher for effecting “meaningful change” in Britain in an article directly appealing to Conservative voters to switch to Labour.

Writing in the Sunday Telegraph, the Labour leader said Thatcher had “set loose our natural entrepreneurialism” during her time as prime minister.

“Across Britain, there are people who feel disillusioned, frustrated, angry, worried. Many of them have always voted Conservative but feel that their party has left them,” he said. “I understand that. I saw that with my own party and acted to fix it. But I also understand that many will still be uncertain about Labour. I ask them to take a look at us again.”

In the article, Starmer pointed to Labour prime ministers of the past – Tony Blair and Clement Attleee – as well as Thatcher, as examples of how politicians can effect meaningful change.

    • sunbeam60@lemmy.one
      112·
      1 year ago

      I mean, he is trying to win votes. But the lefty crowd on Lemmy would apparently like to continue being governed by tories. In FPTP there is very few other options than pulling in the central crowd.

      • Echo Dot@feddit.uk
        5·
        1 year ago

        It’s embarrassing how poor people’s grasp of basic PR is.

        This isn’t even politics, this is just incredibly basic business level PR, there is no point having enemies when they can be converted into supporters, even if you only get them to be supporters long enough to vote.