From 1h agoKey events49m agoNeil Kinnock and Alastair Campbell urge Labour delegates to vote for debate on Brexit1h agoRayner accuses Tories of taking ‘sledgehammer to foundations on which good life can be built’1h agoMandelson says Unite leader right to say Labour must be bold – but ‘not bold and stupid’2h agoAngela Rayner addresses Labour conference3h agoStarmer says increasing growth will be ‘the central mission of incoming Labour government’3h agoWhy Starmer said he would abolish Rwanda policy even if it were working4h agoStarmer says he would get rid of Rwanda deportation plan, even if it were working, because it’s ‘wrong policy’4h agoStarmer says he is confident Labour can generate more growth because his plans to achieve it realistic4h agoStarmer calls attack on Israel ‘an appalling act of terrorism’4h agoStreeting says Conservative party has been taken over by ‘cranks, crackpots and conspiracy theorists’4h agoLabour says it would fund 2m extra hospital operations and appointments in first year, with £1.1bn raised from non-doms5h agoStarmer says party conference an opportunity to give voters an answer to the ‘why Labour?’ questionFilters BETAKey events (12)Keir Starmer (18)Rishi Sunak (6)Victoria Derbyshire (6)Angela Rayner (4)Laura Kuenssberg (3)5m ago08.19 EDTAn attendee at the Labour conference. Photograph: Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty Images
It is hard to avoid the union jack in Liverpool. Even if Nigel Farage had been in charge of the decor, it is hard to imagine it could have been used more. Most parties are keen to be seen as patriotic, but in part this is also part of an ongoing effort to draw a line under the Jeremy Corbyn era, which is something the Tories won’t let Keir Starmer forget. In his conference speech last week Rishi Sunak referred to Corbyn’s views on Nato and nuclear deterrence, and Starmer’s support for him, adding: “You can never trust Labour with our country’s security.”
In the press room at the conference officials have just been handing out examples of the redesigned party card, which is big on the red, white and blue. The back of the large, in large type, carries the words “Putting the country first”. The Blair-era clause four is there too, in much smaller type.
Labour unveils new membership card design https://t.co/1jbxBb7tyd pic.twitter.com/nh704abpuy
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Angela Rayner speaking at the conference, in front of a union jack backdrop. Photograph: Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty Images30m ago07.54 EDT
And Robert Jenrick, the immigration minister, has also criticised Keir Starmer for saying he would get rid of the Rwanda policy even if it were working. (See 10.04am.)
Q: Would you scrap the Rwanda policy even if it works?
Starmer: Yes.
Proof, if it were needed, that Labour don’t even want to stop the boats.
They are ideologically opposed to border controls. Their solution is to force British communities to tolerate this flagrant criminality.
Q:Would you scrap the Rwanda…
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