LABOUR sang from the same hymn sheet at a karaoke party at their Liverpool conference last night. Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting sang Robbie Williams’ Angels with new words: “Keir won’t forsake me / I’m loving Starmer instead”. Deputy Angela Rayner did Don’t Stop Believing while Lisa Nandy led Living on a Prayer.
Streeting said they were “putting the social back into socialism”. The party was paid for by the Betting and Gaming council. Leader Keir Starmer walked through with a grin following his speech, and escaped the crush through a back door. Ex-leader Ed Miliband told us he would not sing as “it would be bad for the Labour voting intention” if he did. The night ended with a rousing Things Can Only Get Better, almost bringing the Nineties back.
