Keir Starmer sparks Labour backlash after praising Thatcher in Tory voter bid
The Independent says Sir Keir Starmer is facing a growing backlash after piling praise on Margaret Thatcher in a bid to win over disillusioned Tory voters.
The Labour leader has been attacked by critics on the right who accused him of trying to “ride on the coattails of Thatcher’s success”. But he has also angered MPs on the left, with one saying the former PM “caused poverty and deprivation not seen since the Dickensian era”.
Sir Keir heaped praise on Thatcher, claiming the former prime minister effected “meaningful change” and “set loose Britain’s natural entrepreneurialism”.