Sir Keir Starmer has warned Labour activists the "hardest mile" is still ahead as he attempted to rally his troops for a final push towards polling day. The Labour leader told an event in central London: “This is the final furlong. This is the last push. The last mile, the hardest mile.”
He asked them to imagine waking up to a Tory government on 5 July, saying that the millions of undecided voters mean “it could happen”. At the same event his deputy, Angela Rayner, had an equally tough message for the invited audience, telling them: “Right now we have won nothing.”
Even as it unveiled star-studded endorsements from the likes of Sir Elton John, Labour is desperate to convince voters, as well as its own activists, the election is by no means in the bag. It follows fears the party could lose votes to the Greens or Lib Dems if too many believe a Labour government is guaranteed.
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