Party leader contrasts new Batley and Spen MP with Boris Johnson, ‘who basks in his own dishonesty’
- Labour’s byelection victory was a strike against the politics of division
Keir Starmer has hailed Labour’s new MP in Batley and Spen as the future of the party and contrasted her decency and spirit with a prime minister “who basks in his own dishonesty”.
Lauding a narrow victory in the West Yorkshire byelection as “a turning point” in the fight against divisive politics, the Labour leader said Kim Leadbeater was an exemplar of the more community-based approach he wants the party to pursue.
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