Tomorrow will mark the next chapter, with a new Labour Prime Minister working tirelessly to deliver for the people of our country. Keir Starmer will leave Downing Street, having made the country better than it was two years ago.
When Keir became Leader of the Labour Party, I watched the news while isolating during Covid, carrying out my duties Leader of a council in the most extraordinary of circumstances. I remember turning to my husband and saying, ‘I feel hopeful.’
What followed under Keir's leadership meant that, for the first time in many years, I felt proud to be a Labour member – the political party I first joined at the age of 14.
From rebuilding local constituency Labour Parties during the dark years, to leading LGA Labour (our brilliant Labour councillors worked tirelessly through all those years when we were losing national elections), to serving on the Labour Party National Executive Committee before the general election (attending meetings while almost nine months pregnant and two weeks after giving birth with my baby), to being elected as the MP for Barking, to being appointed a Government Minister – I am so proud to be able to say, ‘I was part of it,’ in a small way.
Most of all, I am grateful to Keir for his leadership, which saved the Labour Party and got us into power so that those who desperately needed a Labour government have benefited, and will continue to benefit.
Thank you, Keir.
Keir Starmer@Keir_Starmer
The test of any Prime Minister is: do you leave your country in a better place than you found it? I’m proud that the answer is yes.
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