Political leaders eye ‘buzz’ and ‘big opportunity’ in new year messages
Political leaders eye ‘buzz’ and ‘big opportunity’ in new year messages
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Political leaders have eyed a “buzz” and a “big opportunity” for their parties in 2025, as Sir Keir Starmer pledged this year will be one for “rediscovering the great nation that we are”. The Prime Minister hailed 2024 as a “year of change” in his new year’s message, but joked this did not extend to the England men’s football team who experienced “another agonisingly close shave”, losing 2-1 to Spain in the Euros final last summer.
Leader of the Opposition Kemi Badenoch used her message to discuss her own party’s “period of change”, as she warned Conservative supporters that “things may be bumpy along the way”. She signed off her new year’s video with a three-word message: “Watch this space.”.
And Sir Ed Davey, leader of the Liberal Democrats, urged the Labour Government to “show the urgency and ambition that this moment demands because I’m afraid that we haven’t seen anything like the real change from this Government on the scale the British people are yearning for”.
Sir Keir said in his first new year’s message since last July’s general election: “Here’s to a year of changing Britain for the better.”. He had earlier said: “I know there is still so much more to do and that, for many people, it’s hard to think about the future when you spend all of your time fighting to get through the week.
