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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Bethan McKernan Wales correspondent

Keir Starmer accuses Nigel Farage of ‘taking people for fools’ in Wales

Keir Starmer speaking at the Welsh Labour conference
Keir Starmer said: ‘Nigel Farage isn’t interested in Wales. He is interested in Nigel Farage.’ Photograph: Welsh Labour TV/PA

Keir Starmer has used his keynote speech at the Welsh Labour conference to launch an attack on Nigel Farage, as the prime minister turned from fighting off a rebellion of his own MPs, to fighting off the threat of Reform.

Starmer said Farage was “taking people for fools” in Wales, and criticised the Reform leader’s recent visit to Port Talbot, during which he demanded the reopening of Welsh coalmines to provide fuel for the town’s now shuttered steel-making blast furnaces.

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