Keir Starmer accuses Nigel Farage of ‘taking people for fools’ in Wales | Labour

Keir Starmer has used his keynote speech at the Welsh Labour conference to launch an attack on Nigel Farage, as the prime minister turned from fighting off a rebellion of his own MPs, to fighting off the threat of Reform.

Starmer said Farage was “taking people for fools” in Wales, and criticised the Reform leader’s recent visit to Port Talbot, during which he demanded the reopening of Welsh coalmines to provide fuel for the town’s now shuttered steel-making blast furnaces.

“Just look what he said … pretending he has a plan to reopen a blast furnace. Nigel Farage isn’t interested in Wales. He is interested in Nigel Farage,” Starmer said.

The prime minister also warned of a “backroom stitch-up” between Plaid Cymru, the Conservatives and Reform UK before the Senedd…