Keir Starmer has aimed a dig at Nigel Farage with a remark about pantomime politics. He said, 'If you want politics as pantomime then Clacton is nice this time of year.' The Reform leader is standing in Clacton.
Follow all the turns of the election rollercoaster in the MailOnline live blog. Do you know the protester at the manifesto launch? email [email protected] Keir Starmer unveiled Labour 's manifesto with £8.5billion of tax rises today - as the Tories warned he is plotting even bigger raids.
The Tories said Labour's own plans implied the burden rising to 37.4 per cent of GDP - the highest in history. Sir Keir sought to make a virtue of his boring image, as he swiped at Nigel Farage's brand of politics. 'If you want politics as pantomime, I hear Clacton is nice this time of year.' Keir Starmer is facing fresh warnings of a Labour tax raid today after he launched the election manifestoSir Keir insisted the UK was 'still a great nation', but it had lacked a 'government that can match the ambition working people have'
After being heckled by a climate protester he replied: 'We gave up on being a party of protest five years ago.'The increases it is openly committed to are charging VAT on private school fees, abolishing the non-dom tax status and closing 'loopholes' in the windfall tax on oil and gas firms. On foreign policy, Labour has said it will back Ukraine against Russia and support recognising a Palestinian state as part of a Middle East peace process.
'Not only because there is no quick fix to the mess the Conservatives have made. But also, because their failures have sapped our collective confidence that Britain can still achieve great things.'
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