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Evening Standard
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Sam Blewett

Gordon Brown: Support ‘swelling’ for Labour under Starmer’s leadership

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer (right) and former Prime Minister Gordon Brown greet each other (Danny Lawson/PA) (Picture: PA Wire)

Gordon Brown, the last Labour prime minister, said he believes there is more momentum behind the party than in the run up to Sir Tony Blair’s 1997 landslide victory.

He argued support is swelling under Sir Keir Starmer’s leadership because there is a “more sweeping and more noticeable desire” for change than when Labour last returned to power.

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