Labour MPs play political journalists at football

The Scotsman

The Scotsman's Westminster Correspondent Alexander Brown speaks to Labour MP Joe Morris at the annual Labour MPs Vs Westminster lobby football game, that finished 3-3.

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00:00Hello, my name is Alexander Brown, I'm the Scotsman's Westminster Correspondent and

00:04I'm here at Labour Conference, quite specifically Everton's training ground

00:07because the lobby are playing the MPs, it is thrill and I'm joined by Hexham's

00:12MP and all-round good egg Joe Morris. How is the game going, how are you feeling?

00:16Thank you very much Alex, it's great to be here, it's great to be interviewed by

00:19the Scotsman, obviously I'm just across the border from your readers. It's been

00:23it's been a good, I think it's been a tightly thought game, obviously I

00:25accidentally brought the wrong boots for the surface which I think impacted

00:28my performance a little bit, but you know other than that I think there's

00:32been some really good, good possession, spells of possession by both teams. I think

00:36Labour have really grown into it, it's been a real spirit of togetherness and you

00:40know having just equalised it's good to see that well change begins. Do you think

00:45Keir Starmer's leadership is going well given that he's, do you think he's ducked the

00:49game? Essentially has he ducked coming to the game? He ducked the morning round,

00:51has he ducked coming to the match? Do you not think he's a good footballer? I think

00:55Keir's a far better footballer than me and I wouldn't want to jeopardise my

00:58career by playing on the same pitch as him. What's your least favourite thing

01:01about the Union? This is really, we really should have gone through the topics. Okay

01:08he is actually wearing Astros, I can't move the camera because as you can see

01:11we're on the wire at the moment, but he is wearing Astros and he's so big he's

01:15got to stand far back because I'm normal-sized. Do you think you're gonna win?

01:20I mean we'll know by the time this video goes out, we'll know. But you know what

01:23like anything can happen in football, it really has been a game of two halves. I

01:27would say you know like the score is less important than the performance you

01:30know like as a great man once said you know the beauty is in the struggle. And

01:35anything you'd like to say to your friends and fans at home? To quote

01:38Jonathan Wilson. Okay also this is your first Labour Conference as a member of

01:42Parliament, what are you most looking forward to doing other than trying to

01:44win this football match? It's just great to see our agenda being rolled out in

01:48government you know we campaigned hard for change, we're delivering that change.

01:51It's not easy, it's not overnight, people accept that. I've been out on the doors

01:56in my constituency but people recognise that we were handed a toxic inheritance.

02:00People don't expect us to work miracles but they expect they expect a government

02:04that's got the interest of working people at heart and that's what this

02:06government has. There's just been an awful foul but the lobby on the counter

02:10can this be a goal? Oh he's offside. It won't be a goal but we'll find out what's

02:15gonna happen later. Thank you Joe Morris for joining me and we'll see you when

02:19it's not raining back at Labour Conference.

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