Starmer & Sarwar in Rutherglen
The Scotsman
2023-08-15
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Rutherglen Town Hall, 139 Main St, Rutherglen, Glasgow G73 2J.J
STARMER AND SARWAR IN CONVERSATION ON SCOTLAND’S FUTURE
Keir Starmer MP and Anas Sarwar MSP hold an ‘In Conversation’ event to discuss what a Labour government would mean for the people of Scotland.
Mr Starmer and Mr Sarwar talk about their visions for Scotland before a Q&A.
Writing in the Scotsman newspaper ahead of a visit to the by-election where he will meet Scottish Labour candidate Michael Shanks and hold an ‘in conversation’ event with Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar, Mr Starmer has said that he will end the ‘disconnect’ between voters and politics and return the Labour Party to ‘the service of working people’.
Reflecting on the experiences of his own family, Mr Starmer said that a Labour government would support every family to get on in life.
Setting out how a Labour government would transform Scotland, Labour leader Keir Starmer has written: “Can you look around your community today and say, with the certainty you deserve, that the future will be better for your children?
“Working people I speak with have their doubts – and that’s putting it mildly. From Kirkcaldy to Glasgow, Inverness to Rutherglen, they all tell me how little trust they have in politics to change things for them. And, if I’m totally frank, this extends to my Labour Party. Countless people tell me they support Labour values. Yet they remain unconvinced that we – or, for that matter, Britain itself – still offer the way forward for Scotland or their community.
“And it means striking a new deal that will strengthen workers’ rights and finally make work pay. No more zero hour contracts, no more fire and rehire, and a real living wage for everyone. That is how a Labour Government in Westminster can secure growth that works for Scotland.
“Everything I have done since becoming Labour leader should be viewed as a direct response to this this disconnect. My political project is to return Labour to the service of working people and working class communities. There may have been times in the recent past where Labour was afraid to speak the language of class at all – but not my Labour Party. No, for me, smashing the “class ceiling” that holds working people back is our defining purpose.
"Because you cannot seriously take on inequality, or poverty, or the pernicious idea that circumstances – who you are, where you come from, who you know – can still count for more than enterprise or imagination, without talking about class. This is personal. I want every family to feel that Britain will support people like them to get on. My family felt able to take that on faith – so should yours.”
STARMER AND SARWAR IN CONVERSATION ON SCOTLAND’S FUTURE
Keir Starmer MP and Anas Sarwar MSP hold an ‘In Conversation’ event to discuss what a Labour government would mean for the people of Scotland.
Mr Starmer and Mr Sarwar talk about their visions for Scotland before a Q&A.
Writing in the Scotsman newspaper ahead of a visit to the by-election where he will meet Scottish Labour candidate Michael Shanks and hold an ‘in conversation’ event with Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar, Mr Starmer has said that he will end the ‘disconnect’ between voters and politics and return the Labour Party to ‘the service of working people’.
Reflecting on the experiences of his own family, Mr Starmer said that a Labour government would support every family to get on in life.
Setting out how a Labour government would transform Scotland, Labour leader Keir Starmer has written: “Can you look around your community today and say, with the certainty you deserve, that the future will be better for your children?
“Working people I speak with have their doubts – and that’s putting it mildly. From Kirkcaldy to Glasgow, Inverness to Rutherglen, they all tell me how little trust they have in politics to change things for them. And, if I’m totally frank, this extends to my Labour Party. Countless people tell me they support Labour values. Yet they remain unconvinced that we – or, for that matter, Britain itself – still offer the way forward for Scotland or their community.
“And it means striking a new deal that will strengthen workers’ rights and finally make work pay. No more zero hour contracts, no more fire and rehire, and a real living wage for everyone. That is how a Labour Government in Westminster can secure growth that works for Scotland.
“Everything I have done since becoming Labour leader should be viewed as a direct response to this this disconnect. My political project is to return Labour to the service of working people and working class communities. There may have been times in the recent past where Labour was afraid to speak the language of class at all – but not my Labour Party. No, for me, smashing the “class ceiling” that holds working people back is our defining purpose.
"Because you cannot seriously take on inequality, or poverty, or the pernicious idea that circumstances – who you are, where you come from, who you know – can still count for more than enterprise or imagination, without talking about class. This is personal. I want every family to feel that Britain will support people like them to get on. My family felt able to take that on faith – so should yours.”
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