Keir Starmer has launched a series of attacks on Nigel Farage, telling the public they cannot trust the Reform UK leader.
Speaking at an event at a business in north-west England, the prime minister said Farage would not have protected jobs in industries subject to tariffs from the US, and compared him to former prime minister Liz Truss.
Starmer said: “We protected those jobs. Would Nigel Farage have done the same? Absolutely not.
“And that’s the question to have to ask about Nigel Farage. Can you trust him? Can you trust him with your future? Can you trust him with your jobs? Can you trust him with your mortgages, your pensions, your bills? And he gave the answer on Tuesday. A resounding no.
“He set out economic plans which contains billions upon billions of completely unfunded spending. Precisely the sort of irresponsible splurge that sent your mortgage costs, your bills and the cost of living through the roof. It’s Liz Truss all over again.”
Reform response
However, Labour is at “panic stations” over Nigel Farage, Reform UK chairman Zia Yusuf then said following Sir Keir Starmer’s “extraordinary” address.
“What an extraordinary press conference. It’s obviously panic stations at Labour,” Yusuf said.
“Keir Starmer is panicking because his awful Government is now trailing Reform by a staggering eight points in the latest YouGov poll.
“We talk about economic credibility… this Government, in their manifesto last June, promised £10billion of increased spending.
Starmer/Farage
Chris Rose wrote: “Farage has 5 MPs, you have 403…Is Reform living rent free in your brain? You went to a state school, your dad working in a factory. So why is a public school educated former city trader got more in common with the Red Wall than you have?” @christopherhope Quality question.”
He then added: “When Keir Starmer gets brutally humiliated by GB News, the BBC and the Guardian at a press conference, his time is officially up.”
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