Liverpool:
A speech of encouragement by Australian leader Anthony Albanese launched the British plowing annual conference on Sunday, with Prime Minister Keir Starmer who has trouble convincing the nervous members that he can lead the “fight of our lives” against the insurvee hard on the right.
Although the former-Lawyer returned work to power in July of last year after 14 years of opposition, the scandals, the false steps of politics and the fall in voting ratings have already raised doubts about his future.
The four-day rally in Liverpool, in the northwest of England, comes in the middle of chattering on a possible leadership challenge and follows two high-level government departures from government following embarrassing revelations.
The conference, which ends on Wednesday, takes place with the Labor Party well behind the British reform anti-immigrant party, led by the Brandon Anti-UE Nigel Farage, in national surveys.
Upon entering the conference, the Labor Party followed a 12 -point reform while Starmer’s satisfaction ratings reached the lowest recorded by Ipsos for any Prime Minister dating back to 1977.
Starmer said on Sunday that the party “put the fight of our lives ahead of us”.
“We have to face the reform, we have to beat them. The effects will have been there for generations,” he told the BBC.
He also called on the reform plan to ensure that migrants reappear new visas with “racist” stricter rules, adding that this “tears our country”.
‘Phase two’
Despite a certain success on the international scene for his management of the American president Donald Trump and helping to coordinate European support for Ukraine, Starmer endured a largely miserable first month of first month as Prime Minister.
The slow economy of Great Britain means that a tax budget would be imminent, while Starmer has been returned to social protection reforms and the abolition of energy benefits for millions of retirees after the anger of the base of the left of work.
Meanwhile, the small sailing in England of undocumented migrants are at record levels, fueling support for reform.
Starmer’s attempts to restart her government earlier in September were quickly overshadowed by Angela Rayner’s resignation as Deputy Prime Minister of Property Tax.
Starmer then dismissed Peter Mandelson as a British ambassador in Washington for his friendship with the late sexual offender Jeffrey Epstein, with the row raising questions about his judgment.
“His leadership is in crisis, really,” said political scientist Steven Fielding. “And the conference will not really solve this. It will give people the opportunity to disseminate their dissatisfaction with Starmer,” he told AFP.
‘Hard road’
The Albanian Australian chief offered words of support to his “friend” in one of the first speeches of the conference.
“Being a government party means fighting with uncertainty and complexity …, it means making, and yes, possession of difficult decisions,” he told members.
“But my friends, we would not do it otherwise. We are better for all this, because in the end, the hard road is the only one that takes us anywhere,” he added, dragging “the low policy of fear and resentment”.
Seeking to follow the example of Albanians, Starmer will seek to arouse a reversal in his fortune when he goes on stage for the opening speech of the rally on Tuesday.
“The conference is a pivotal moment because it is an opportunity for him to set a clear vision of the place where he takes the country,” said Patrick Diamond, professor of politics at Queen Mary, University of London.
He should present the next general elections, due in 2029, as a direct struggle between work and reform, claiming that the choice is between “patriotic renewal” and “toxic division”.
Regional mayor Andy Burnham called Starmer to offer a more left -wing vision for work, affirming in the interviews this week that legislators have urged him to present themselves to the leaders.
Burnham should first find a way to be elected to Parliament, and 80 deputies should then name it to trigger a competition, which means that Starmer is unlikely to take a challenge soon.
The Gaza conflict should also burst to the agenda of the demonstrations provided by pro-Palestinian groups in Liverpool this weekend.
