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Keir Starmer reveals moment he considered quitting as Labour leader
The Independent
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5/2/2024
Keir Starmer revealed the moment he considered quitting as Labour leader.Source: Sky News
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It really hit me because my job was to turn around the Labour Party and take us from defeat to
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success and losing hurts and it should hurt in politics because this isn't about me it's about
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whether the Labour Party can come back into government and serve working people so yes it
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was a very very low moment. It required me then to double down and turbocharge the change that
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we needed in the Labour Party so in that respect you know retrospectively it was a good thing
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because it forced that onward pace but I'm not going to pretend it wasn't a really hard time.
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Did you you thought about quitting that day?
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I did because I didn't feel that I should be bigger than the party and that if I couldn't
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bring about the change then perhaps there should be a change but actually in the end
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I reflected on it talked to very many people and doubled down and determined no it's the
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change in the Labour Party we need and I do feel vindicated because we are now a changed party
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nobody argues with that they know we're a changed party.
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