Keir Starmer 'sweating blood' on mammoth task of rebuilding defeated Labour Party
KEIR STARMER admitted he was sweating blood on the prospect of rebuilding trust in the Labour Party after their unprecedented defeat to the Tory Party in the last general election.
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Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer admitted he was focussing heavily on the next general election. During an interview with Sky News' Niall Paterson, he admitted he had an enormous task of rebuilding trust in the Labour Party. This comes after a survey conducted by Opinium for the Observer found that 37 percent said Sir Keir would be a better choice for Prime Minster than Boris Johnson.
Mr Paterson said: "Well, according to at least one polling agency the British public are pretty keen on your leadership.
"Opinions suggest that you are actually preferred by the public compared to Boris Johnson at the moment.
"37 percent to 35 percent, you think you would make a better Prime Minister than Boris Johnson don't you?"
Sir Keir failed to answer whether he believes he would be a better Prime Minister and remarked about his fears regarding rebuilding the Labour Party.
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Sir Keir said: "I focus on the fact that last December the Labour Party lost very badly in a general election.
"That is our starting point and I have got a mountain to climb to get our party from where it is to where it needs to be to win the next general election.
"I am sweating blood on that and I am not going to be deflected from the enormity of the task that I face."
Sir Keir added he felt he had a duty to regain the trust for the Labour Party across the country.
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He continued: "I have got to rebuild trust in the Labour Party.
"Trust is a force for good and a force for change.
"I am determined to do that but I have a long way to go."
The Sky News host then attempted to shift the conversation to the tension felt in the Labour Party over the sacking of former Shadow Education Secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey.
Sir Keir refused to comment on this but had previously stated he stands by his decision.
He replied: "I have got a rebuilding exercise ahead and day by day I am doing this yard by yard.
"I am focussing unrelentingly on the next general election because the Labour Party is an incredible force for good.
"We have done incredible things in our country in our history if you look at past Labour Governments.
"At the next general election I want a Labour Government and I have got to work 24/7 to that end."