Keir Starmer defends praise of Margaret Thatcher: 'She had a mission'

Sir Keir Starmer defended his praise of Margaret Thatcher in an article in the Daily Telegraph this weekend.

Answering questions from journalists on Monday 4 December, the leader Labor said he was simply trying to distinguish between post-war prime ministers "who had a clear goal, an ambition, a plan to achieve and those who drifted."

“That doesn't mean I agree with what she said. "I did it," Sir Keir said of Thatcher.

"But you don't have to agree with someone to recognize that they had a mission and a plan... I want a mission-driven Labor government." Sir Keir added that the last 13 years of government have been marked by "a complete lack of leadership and a real drift" .