Starmer pleads for space to lead Labour in ‘fight of our lives’ against Reform

“I’ll be judged at the end of that five years, and quite right too,” he said. “But I just need the space to get on and do what we need to do, to do those three things above all else, but also – in a world which is more volatile than any of us have known for a very long time – to ensure that the United Kingdom is safe and secure.