‘Like a Dalek’: Keir Starmer hit by sound issues in first major speech of the year

Fault lay with broadcast pool, as opposed to Labour, party says

Sir Keir Starmer has battled with sound issues in his first major speech of the year, drawing comparisons with a “Dalek” before audio of the broadcast cut out completely.

The Labour leader was speaking in Stratford, east London, a day after prime minister Rishi Sunak set out his own vision for the country.

Outlining his own blueprint for Britain, Sir Keir vowed that a future Labour government would not “spend our way out” of the “mess” inherited from the Conservatives.