Dear Brits, my compliments. I am glued to the TV. So hoping for a change for your great nation. And James, thank you so much for your honest comments. Keep on doing that. Love from Holland to you all.

My whole adult life I have watched the Conservatives destroy my national pride and break down the public services for their personal gain. My wife and I have struggled with major mental health issues which were fuelled by the greed and injustice in this modern world. Today I saw some hope and it really has given us some strength back. There is a chance we can look to stay in this once great country instead of trying to move abroad and deal with different problems. I really hope Labour can deliver and bring us all together instead of dividing us. I can understand peoples desperation to scream and shout that Reform is the solution but that's just more division and we will be in the same boat all over again. Hope is a wonderful thing.

Finally. It's not hard. MPs are public servants and they should be there for us. The last 14 years none of them got that.

We now have a leader who wants to lead, not a clown, a spiv, or a downright liar. Keir seemed to speak to every one of us who are weary and gave us a little spark of hope.

Starmer is a far more intelligent and capable politician than the last ones

Hopefully keir starts investigating the tories on corruption at the highezt lvl. Especially the ppe scandal and lets not forget the russian report. Lets see where bojo and farage are in the report.

I can't wait to be bored by politics again.

I cried too. It was so important and he didn’t let us down. The speech of a masterful man at ease with himself and ready to serve us. I have hope

Listening to this, it finally hit me, the change in ideology that has come in, and I've started crying. Realising that maybe there are now people in charge who want to make people's lives better, and not their mates lives richer

I don't think I've ever said this...but Sir Keir Starmer makes me proud to be British. That speech is what being British means to me. Be a 'servant Leader', and I will follow Sir.

I had a tear in my eye. We are ready for real change and that is what we will get with Starmer!

This last 14 years should be remembered and never forgotten. Never let the torys in again. If we do we should be ashamed of ourselves. Here is to the future, one of hope and long may it reign.

Well done Keir Starmer - "Country First - Party Second"!

Starmer is quietly efficient. He has turned Labour round +200 seats after the Corbyn debacle. He has done it without painful populist fanfare. If he can run the country as efficiently, and turn around our fortunes with anything like that ability then he will have earned the win.

121 seats for the Tories is still sickly should have been far less after the shameless shambles of the last 14 years.

Well I broke out into solitary applause when I heard it 😂

Those on the right are miserable . Labour , the libdems and the greens are happy.. What’s not to like?.

Fantastic speech. I feel inspired.

Well done James, the vase has indeed landed...Let decency reign...

A speech by a statesmanship and a leader

Rwanda scheme cancelled. After 6 pm. On Friday. Almost as if that was intentional?!

What a relief! Decency and integrity were given a chance again.

Just imagine things go well, what will the Daily Fail find to write about?

LIZZ TRUSS, this election's "Portaloo" 🚽moment !!!🤣🤣

I am an SNP voter, so I was a little disappointed by the result, but I am glad that the tory nightmare is finally over. For now at least. Having said that, I remember the feeling of optimism when Blair took office, only to see it mercilessly dashed against the wall of personal ambition and hypocrisy when he dragged us into a war of adventure and petty revenge. I am still hopeful that Starmer will live up to his promises, but it is measured and mitigated by experience and low expectation. I hope he proves me wrong.

I wish him the best and really hope he does not lose his integrity, humility and sincerity.

A great day for the UK 🇬🇧

I think the entire country needs to go on holiday

Anything, anything would be better than that tory shower, but hopefully Starmer will be a true leader.

Sincerity goes a long way, now hopefully he can implement much needed economic, social and political change.

I liked the points about recognising where Sunak had come from. Struck a chord with me. Likewise, for Starmer's own journey. It was refreshing.

I thought his speech was pretty bland. I never thought I'd be so happy to hear a Prime Minister give a bland speech. Show's what 14 years of Conservative BS does to you when you finally get to hear someone being so...normal!

Its actually refreshing to see a statesman looking PM in office again.

Here's hoping that he does not continue the catastrophic Tory policies that did so much damage to the population!

How can he lower mortgage rates. The bank of England sets monetary policy. If bank of England raises interest rates that means your mortgage will go up. It's not government policy to lower it I don't see how they can.

Lots blame the Tories but remember England voted for them, multiple times, knowing what they were. England voted for Brexit knowing how much damage it would do to the UK. Sadly they will vote for them again, i guarantee it.

Please please PLEASE 5 years of Boring politics 🙏🙏🙏

All I require from this Parliament is stability and honesty. Give me 5 years of that and I’ll be happy

As a Scotsman, this is the first time I’ve ever voted labour. Starmer seems like a genuinely decent person whose heart is in the right place. Hopefully he can deliver!

For over half my life the tories have ruined this country. Now I don’t think Labour will do a decent job at change but I am willing to give them a chance on repairing the damage done and accept that these changes won’t happen overnight

I miss the tories for purely comedy reasons but the jokes gone too far …..

We need a tax on the super rich, bankers and landlord earnings Ensure that ministers are clean and need to be held to the highest ethical standards. We need to claim the money back stolen during Covid. Invest in the NHS Invest in education. Role back the cost of student loans. Open up freetrade with Europe and the rest of the world Nationalise Utilities and Rail.

I like James…except for his Corbyn slander

Thank you for being there

Its still sinking in. So happy for a return to decency and respectability in politics.

There is hope again at last

Exactly what i wanted to hear from his first speech. Lets take the showbiz out of politics and get on with the job in hand, unobtrusively. Perfectly pitched.

It’s been very enlightening to me being in your company over the last few years and I’m sure will continue in the future. Thank you James.👍👍

"where you can move forward [...] according to your own efforts" - just a reminder that the Labour party got less votes than Jeremy Corbyn's Labour in 2017 and 2019. Therefore , it's difficult to understand how Starmer can help me move forward.

It’s you james that saved my sanity

A few weasels lost their seats no name to mention who

The tories have stripped the uk of every asset. Thatcher ( every tories hero) sold it all. Turning the ship will take years to recover.

You can’t judge Starmer by a speech , action speaks louder than words, he will have to prove very quickly if he can deliver on his promises , The marriage partnership with the country begins , honeymoons are short , can the country gel with Starmer ,or will it in time pull apart ??

Nice words, coming just after I was singled out and bullied at work as a foreigner living in UK

Yes but to place vat on private schools is horrible. Not everyone who sends their children to private schools is rich. Some of us work hard to give our kids an opportunity and this will make it impossible.

Starmer has already backtracked on multiple pledges which may have resulted in actual positive change - around tuition fees, nationalising utilities and taxing the rich, for example. Labour has tried to stay silent on policies in the last several years, but experts believe that without tax rises more spending cuts in unprotected government departments seem inevitable, i.e. more austerity. One plan from Labour we do know about is partnering with BlackRock to fix broken Britain. BlackRock is worth a staggering $9 trillion dollars. It is completely amoral, being the world’s largest investor in fossil fuels and weapons. It has been accused of environmental destruction, and exploitation of crises, such as COVID19. BlackRock’s massive size raises concerns about potential conflicts of interest, their impact on public policy, and about unchecked corporate power and its effects on society and democratic processes. Starmer’s plan is that these villains will own most of our public infrastructure in the next few years. There is a reason this remains largely unreported and Starmer has received very little scrutiny as he has dragged the Labour Party rightwards and made it more corporate-friendly, just as there is a reason his predecessor was vilified. So have your moment of hope, but please, wake up soon.

Labour didn't win, the Tories lost. Reform split the far-r vote. There is still a worryingly, shockingly huge number of people who support all things and people that have done nothing but harm to the UK. at least 40% of the UK still supports EVERYTHING thats happened to bring the UK to the ruin its in.

Starmer's entire work life has been in public service, whereas the vast majority of Tories work lives have been in serving themselves.

"Country before party" could he mean PR, of course not.

He’s more Wilson’s White Heat than any other Labour leader. Brilliant.

I feel hope rekindling. Thank you, James, you are a brilliant commentator.

The adults are back in the room, finally! 🎉

Felt like ive lived under an oppresive system and finally have a smidge of hope. Labour has to actually do something to help people though and i have a feeling they wont

He has established that hope, let's hope he realises that hope.

“The king is dead, long live the king!"

If he gets rid of universal credit and reinstates the DLA and Gets rid of PIP gets rid of departmen of work and pensions and actually reinstates the job centre and the help and support behind that ? But only time will tell if working tax credits are reintroduced. Or housing benefits? Instead of sanctions and cuts and people dying?

Reform is the only party that is now challenging’ the big two’. It was instigated 4 years ago, incredible really.

"He's a grown-up" - that sums it all up perfectly! We're sick and tired of the loudmouth clowns and show-offs. The children have left the room, and the grown-ups are back. The vase has indeed landed!

What a job he has got after that lot feel sorry for him...

Shame about his comments on the Palestinians, that israel had a right to stop the supply of water and electricity. They do not have a right to defend themselves against a brutal occupation.

I must confess I touched myself during the speech. At last someone far away from Thatchers communism

Glad to finally see the Con party out, would have been better if Jeremy Corybn was prime minister, but at least we have pushed Conservatives out.

I'm only a quarter of the way through "how the broke Britain" so I'm not sure if you offer any suggestions on what to do with those who control the media. Is there a way of not falling into the same traps as previous governments?

I'm a 70yrs old Brit, I would submit, to this country that Kier Starmer gave a Shakespeare's Henry V Speech, Or a Winston Churchills, Speech, But enough to say, I at this point, feel hopeless, Well done the Scriptwriter,

A wonderful speech. Passionate. Heart felt. Emotional. And brilliant. He will undoubtedly become one of the greatest leaders this country and perhaps the world has ever known. His speech is matched only by O’Brians deep analyse of it and his eloquence. It is little wonder he is literally in love with his own voice. Wouldn’t you be?

Here down under, wishing my old homeland well. Looking forward to Britain getting Greater. ❤

When you read bank of england monetry policy for may interest rates will be set at 5.25 percent all this year and into next year. So labour are not gona to change things.

Like all politicians, the people will judge him and his government by its performance. Like all new governments, the first few months will be a honeymoon period. What will be interesting is when he has to make difficult or unpopular decisions and when he has to deliver the promises he's made. It's easy to promise, it's something else to deliver.

I would like to see a similar breakdown of todays speech

Thank goodness that they are gone, time to rebuild. 😊

Thank you James.

I heard a lot today about Starmer's uninspiring campaign. And I wonder which UK these commentators live in: we have a poisonous RW media ecosystem which now terms any compassion for anyone weaker than you as 'woke' and that rewards lie-filled cruelty from MPs. That (as Jame's has said) the BEST they could do was 'he values his family' shows that Starmer ran the campaign he needed to in order to achieve his aim. If he takes that same steely low-key determination into #10, we will see this country recover.

aspiration and social mobility from hard work, no matter your background, could come straight from many a Tory manifesto

He is intelligent and human, he is decent and wants to serve....GREAT PERSON, He is

Nothing has even happened yet and I can feel a genuine change in the air.

At last a statesman that we can all be proud of in number 10. How wonderful 👍🏻👍🏻

The Tories have left me with political PTSD.

Relieved at the result, of course, similar share of the vote that Corbyn got however, just shows what the Labour party can do when they actually want to win!!! Starmer now has to prove he can keep his promises, not that hard really, he didn't make many.

It's Reform PLC that done it.

The speech was identical to the one’s given by incoming prime ministers since Westminister was built.

I have always tried to relate to people but how anyone can listen to a thing that I have heard talk on radio about hating other human beings is beyond me

Kier is NOT a showman he is controlled and well organised i hope he changes his mind about Brexshit and in the future holds a vote..he said not in his lifetime BUT time will tell

I wonder if he’s going to commit to a plan of action, so we can hold him accountable.

When does conscription start ?

So you're coming back with us? In the EU 😉

Labour can do nothing wrong in this guys eyes 😂

I know little about politics, but it seems to me that as a person "Special K" is an honest upright person which is what we need in power. Time will tell but it makes me hopeful for this country's future

If the watermark of quality political journalism is to hold truth to power, then Mr James O'Brien has utterly failed. Maybe he has a second job as Mr Starmers public relations advisor, in which case, his rhetoric is understandable. It isn't as if Mr Starmers approval figures are the lowest of any incoming Prime Minister in Parliamentary history. Hope is an abject sentiment.

If Keir Starmer believes in meritocracy, then he sounds more conservative than the last conservative government. Bizarre

It all remains to be seen.