Starmer calls Johnson a 'showman with nothing left to show'

Labour leader Keir Starmer has attacked Prime Minister Boris Johnson at his keynote speech at the party’s conference in Brighton on Wednesday (29 September), calling him a “showman with nothing left to show”.

Starmer said he didn’t think Johnson was a bad person, but said he thought he was a trivial one – which prompted a round of applause from the audience in the Brighton Centre.

The speech is a key moment in Starmer’s leadership of the party, with recent polls suggesting Labour are closer to the Conservatives than they’ve been for some time.