Starmer accuses Farage of trying to divide Britain

Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Tuesday accused hard-right politician Nigel Farage of crossing "a moral line" with his anti-immigration stance, as the British leader contrasted his vision of "patriotic renewal" with what he called Farage's divisive politics of grievance.

- Associated Press

Battling dire approval ratings, a sluggish economy and questions about his leadership, Starmer came out swinging with a punchy speech saying that Britain faces a "fight for the soul of our country" between the governing centre-left Labour Party and Farage's Reform UK.

He urged voters to reject "snake oil merchants on the right, on the left" who promise "a quick fix, a miracle cure," and told Labour's annual conference in Liverpool that while the country faces problems, "I just do not accept that Britain is broken."