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Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Starmer heckled by Gaza protester at Labour conference, touts changes made to party
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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is heckled by protesters shouting about Gaza during his first address to the Labour Party annual conference as prime minister.
Starmer uses the opportunity to tout the changes he made to the party since taking over from far-left, anti-Israel Jeremy Corbyn, whose time as leader was beset by rampant antisemitism in the party.
Starmer swiftly dealt with a heckler who demanded to know what he was doing to help children in Gaza.
“We’ve changed the party,” he told the heckler, whose protest was drowned out by applause and cheering by the crowd. “While he’s been protesting, we’ve been changing the party, that’s why we’ve got a Labour government.”
But Starmer also made an embarrassing mistake, calling for the release of the “sausages” held by Hamas, before quickly correcting himself to say “hostages.”
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— Politics UK (@PolitlcsUK) September 24, 2024
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