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(from last week) Starmer rules out even informal post-election deal with Lib Dems [View all]
(I completely missed this last week; maybe it was the hot weather pushing everything else out of the news, or from my brain. Seems important, however)
Labour leader rejects possibility of any arrangement and accuses Boris Johnson of having ‘checked out’
Keir Starmer has ruled out even an informal post-election deal with Liberal Democrats, following a similar pledge about the Scottish National party, as Labour seeks to close down Conservative accusations about a possible coalition.
Interviewed by Bloomberg, the Labour leader said his party would not go into coalition with “anyone”, including the Lib Dems, who under current polling could win a series of Conservative-held seats in the next election.
Asked whether this commitment also covered a more informal deal such as confidence and supply, under which Lib Dems could commit to supporting a minority Labour government without a formal coalition, Starmer replied: “I’m ruling out any arrangement.”
In a speech earlier this month, Starmer confirmed that Labour would never do a formal or informal deal with the SNP, as he sought to tackle future Conservative attacks about a “coalition of chaos”.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/18/starmer-rules-out-even-informal-post-election-deal-with-lib-dems
Keir Starmer has ruled out even an informal post-election deal with Liberal Democrats, following a similar pledge about the Scottish National party, as Labour seeks to close down Conservative accusations about a possible coalition.
Interviewed by Bloomberg, the Labour leader said his party would not go into coalition with “anyone”, including the Lib Dems, who under current polling could win a series of Conservative-held seats in the next election.
Asked whether this commitment also covered a more informal deal such as confidence and supply, under which Lib Dems could commit to supporting a minority Labour government without a formal coalition, Starmer replied: “I’m ruling out any arrangement.”
In a speech earlier this month, Starmer confirmed that Labour would never do a formal or informal deal with the SNP, as he sought to tackle future Conservative attacks about a “coalition of chaos”.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/18/starmer-rules-out-even-informal-post-election-deal-with-lib-dems
The Bloomberg article: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-18/starmer-says-uk-needs-reboot-not-tory-fantasy-tax-promises
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