Starmer warns UK Labour in 'fight of our lives' as party meets | International

LIVERPOOL, Sept 28, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Britain's ruling Labour party gatheredfor its annual meeting on Sunday, with Prime Minister Keir Starmer battlingto convince nervous lawmakers that he can lead the "fight of our lives"against the insurgent hard-right. Although the ex-lawyer led Labour back to power in July last year after 14years in opposition, scandals, policy missteps and plummeting poll ratingshave already raised doubts about his future. The four-day gathering in Liverpool, northwest England, comes amid chatterabout a possible leadership challenge and follows two recent high-profiledepartures from government in the wake of embarrassing revelations. The conference, which ends on Wednesday, takes place with Labour lagging wellbehind the upstart anti-immigrant Reform UK party, led by anti-EU firebrandNigel Farage, in national surveys. Starmer...