Labour’s election chief claimed Keir Starmer has won the trust of the nation
The country is in “a big mood” for change - and Keir Starmer has won the trust of the nation to deliver it, Labour’s election chief has claimed.
Speaking to GB News, Pat McFadden said the party was transformed, and that Rishi Sunak had reached the end of the road.
Commenting on last night’s results he said: “I think there's a big mood for change after 14 years of Tory governments and all the political chaos and so on.
"But I do think there is a recognition that the Labour Party has changed too. It’s a test of trust, which voters ask a party about before casting their vote.
"They ask ‘can I trust this party with public money?’ ‘Can I trust this party with national security?’
"I think we're passing those tests of trust in a way that maybe we weren't a few years ago. And that's what you're seeing in the very positive local election results.”
Heralding the win in Blackpool he said: “I see this as a 26 per cent swing to Labour, an enormous swing in a seat that even though it's existed for 70 odd years, has only had a Labour MP for 20 odd of those years.
"This is a critical battleground seat for the next election. We have seen a stunning result there.
"It's the kind of seat that will be really decisive whenever the Prime Minister calls the general election. We've got a big weekend ahead of us.
"It's not just about the Blackpool result but other parliamentary constituencies that will be decisive in the next election.”
Outlining why the tide had turned he added: “We had to change after the last election because we had such a terrible defeat, and we had to learn the lessons.
"And as I said, I always think there's a couple of essential tasks that voters ask themselves when looking particularly at an opposition party because it's quite a big thing to change a government. They ask can they elect this opposition party?
"They're going to be asking themselves, can I trust them with public money and can I trust them with national security? And the answer to those questions is, yes. And that's because of the changes that Keir Starmer has made.”
