Labour members held a minute’s silence for the Queen and sang the nationwide anthem in a patriotic opening to the annual celebration convention.
Labour chief Sir Keir Starmer additionally paid tribute to the late monarch, telling celebration members it “still feels impossible to imagine a Britain without her”.
He mentioned: “For us, the late Queen has always been simply the Queen, the only Queen. Above all else, our Queen. And I am proud to lead our party’s tribute to her today.”
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The speech was adopted by a well-observed minute’s silence, earlier than members sang God Save The King.
There had been fears of disruption or boos from republican delegates, however none of that materialised.
Many folks within the corridor had been seen singing alongside and applause was heard as soon as it concluded.
However, Labour did have to assist individuals who did not know the phrases, as sheets of paper with the lyrics had been handed out on the occasion in Liverpool.
It is the primary time in current historical past the nationwide anthem has been sung on the annual celebration convention.
Labour mentioned the celebration wished to replicate current occasions.
But celebration sources are pointing to the proceedings as proof of how a lot the celebration has modified underneath Sir Keir.
“Can you imagine that happening under Jeremy Corbyn?” one requested Sky News.
The former chief mentioned on Saturday he discovered it “odd” that the convention was opening with the nationwide anthem.
Mr Corbyn had been important of the monarchy throughout his management, saying through the 2019 election that it wanted “improvement”. He additionally confronted a backlash when he didn’t sing the nationwide anthem at a commemoration service in 2015.
Sir Keir has tried to strike a extra patriotic tone in his mission to win the keys to Number 10.
Earlier, he instructed the BBC’s Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg programme that he had picked Labour “up off the canvas” after the 2019 common election hammering which noticed the Tories underneath Boris Johnson win an 80-seat majority.
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He mentioned the hope of a Labour authorities has now changed into a perception and that change “is worth its weight in gold”.
In the identical interview, he confirmed he’ll reverse the lower within the larger fee of earnings tax if it wins energy on the subsequent election.
In the primary bulletins of the convention, Sir Keir will even set out plans to make the UK a world-leading clear power superpower by 2030 as an pressing precedence of a future Labour authorities and to bolster neighbourhood policing.
Source: information.sky.com”