Starmer is giving his conference speech. Hand crafted by the PM and his top aides, the key one of which is no longer in Downing Street…
He said: “Free speech is a British value… and Mister -“ before stopping himself and going on. Is Lindsay Hoyle in the audience…
Lobby hacks are otherwise showering Starmer with praise for his speech, which is already being written up as the crescendo of a mighty Labour Conference in which the PM batted away a Burnham challenge and delivered a few home truths to critics on his left and his right. See – it’s not that hard to write this guff..