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Evening Standard
Politics
Will Durrant

Political leaders eye ‘buzz’ and ‘big opportunity’ in new year messages

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer switches on the Downing Street Christmas lights with his wife, Lady Victoria Starmer (Lucy North/PA) - (PA Wire)

Political leaders have eyed a “buzz” and a “big opportunity” for their parties in 2025, as Sir Keir Starmer pledged this year will be one for “rediscovering the great nation that we are”.

The Prime Minister hailed 2024 as a “year of change” in his new year’s message, but joked this did not extend to the England men’s football team who experienced “another agonisingly close shave”, losing 2-1 to Spain in the Euros final last summer.

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