Keir Starmer hailed the ‘incredible’ Blackpool election win.Source: PA
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00:00 Thank you Ang, thank you Chris, thank you to this brilliant team here and all the people
00:04 that supported you in this historic campaign. It is incredible to have won by such a swing, 26%
00:13 swing. That's the fifth swing of over 20% to the Labour Party in by-elections in recent months and
00:20 years. It is a fantastic result, a really first-class result and here in Blackpool a message
00:28 has been sent directly to the Prime Minister, directly to the Prime Minister because this was
00:34 a parliamentary vote, this was directly to Rishi Sunak to say we're fed up with your decline,
00:42 your chaos and your division and we want change. We want to go forward with Labour and Chris you've
00:49 smashed that. That wasn't just a little message, that wasn't just a murmur, that was a shout
00:57 from Blackpool. We want change and Blackpool speaks for the whole country in saying we've
01:03 had enough now. After 14 years of failure, 14 years of decline, we need to turn the page
01:11 and start afresh with Labour which has a positive plan for the country.