Wednesday briefing: The prime minister’s big conference speech promised renewal – can he deliver?

Keir Starmer repeatedly denied that Britain was ‘broken’ during his Labour conference speech. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters

Good morning. Are you feeling the Blitz spirit?

The defining message of Keir Starmer’s conference speech pitches Labour at war for the soul of the country, engaged in a battle every bit as momentous as rebuilding Britain after the second world war. The assembled Labour ministers, staff and paid-up members of the public alternately clapped and waved their union jacks.