Former Secretary of State Lord Madelson, one of the architects of the New Labor Party, believes that Sir Keir should “accelerate” policy development and “reverse the tide” instead of simply hoping to take advantage of Mr Johnson’s difficulties. Lord Mandelson used a speech in Durham to say that the Labor Party should seize the political opportunity offered. “The lack of a plan or a sense of leadership, a national mission of the current government, is hindering the country,” he said. “I’m sorry about that, but it’s a real opportunity for the Labor Party. “The Labor Party has come a long way since the last elections in 2019, when Jeremy Corbyn led us to the imaginary island, but given all that is happening now in the Conservative Party, it is the right time for the Labor Party to look up and speed up. their own political thinking before the next elections “.
Lord Mandelson says “the country at a pivotal moment”
He suggested that the Labor Party pursue a “landmark victory” such as that of Lady Thatcher in 1979 instead of “simply crossing the finish line, as the Labor Party did five years before it did in 1974”. Warning that the country was at a turning point, with the risk of returning to the low growth and high inflation of the 1970s, the Labor Party peer said: “We do not need to give in to inaction and decline.” Stressing the need to invest in digital, artificial intelligence and carbon-fiber technologies, he said: “This is where I want my party to focus as it prepares for the next election.” Responding to the speech, the Labor Party spokesman said: “Peter Madelson continues to focus on the industrial policy he had in government and that is the focus that Keir Starmer shares.” The spokesman insisted that voters were already returning to the party across the country. “We will continue to focus on issues that are important to the public, which are the cost of living crisis and the way we are developing the economy.” Further policies will be set at the party’s autumn conference in Liverpool in September. “You would expect us to come out with announcements before and during the party congress,” the spokesman said. He added that progress had already been made: “Look at the success we had in the local elections, you continue to see people returning to Labor all over the country.”
