UK Labour leader Keir Starmer says he’ll end the era of ‘gestures and gimmicks’ if he wins power

By JON SUPER and JILL LAWLESS
Associated Press

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — The left-of-center politician aiming to become Britain’s prime minister in three weeks’ time is promising to lead a government that’s both “pro-business and pro-worker” and restore stability after years of economic and political turmoil. Labour Party leader Keir Starmer said that if he’s elected on July 4, he will end the “desperate era of gestures and gimmicks” of the Conservative Party’s turbulent tenure. Starmer launched Labour’s election manifesto on Thursday in the northwest England city of Manchester, Starmer said a Labour government would “stop the chaos, turn the page and start to rebuild our country.” Labour currently has a double-digit lead over Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s governing Conservatives in opinion polls.