Keir Starmer received a sustained standing ovation for restated his opposition to any take care of the SNP to get into authorities.
Delegates lapped up his refusal to cooperate with Nicola Sturgeon ’s get together as he sought to straddle the Brexit divide within the Labour Get together in addition to the constitutional divide in Scotland.
He mentioned: “Labour will make Brexit work. Labour will ship change. You’ll by no means get that from the Tories. And also you received’t get it from the SNP both.
“Convention, the challenges we face – the cost-of-living disaster, local weather change, standing as much as Putin – are widespread throughout our 4 nations.
“We noticed off the specter of fascism and lethal illness, collectively. We constructed the NHS and the welfare state, collectively. However I don’t imagine in our union simply due to our historical past. I imagine in it due to our future.
“I do know we will meet the nice challenges to come back. Construct new beacons of equity that mild up the islands we share.”
He added: “Scotland wants a Labour Authorities that may ship change. However it additionally wants the facility and assets to form its personal future, whoever’s in energy in Westminster. And the SNP are usually not on this. “
"For them, Scotland’s success within the UK is met with gritted tooth, seen as a roadblock to independence, and so, they stand in the best way.”
Delegates acquired to their toes as Starmer declared: “We will’t work with them. We received’t work with them. No deal beneath any circumstances. A fairer, greener, extra dynamic Scotland. In a fairer, greener, extra dynamic, Labour Britain.”
Reacting to Starmer's speech, the SNP's Westminster Deputy chief Kirsten Oswald MP mentioned Labour was "turning into" the Tories over its Brexit plan.
She mentioned: "Keir Starmer's remarks not solely didn't set out something new or of substance to Scotland, additionally they reaffirmed but once more that solely with independence will we be capable to escape damaging Westminster management and repeated Tory governments for good.
"You don’t beat the Tories by turning into them however that’s precisely what the Labour Get together is doing beneath Starmer's management by adopting the Tories' excessive Brexit, denying the individuals of Scotland's democratic proper to decide on their very own future, and prioritising grubby council coalitions with the Tories throughout Scotland.
"In the meantime, rehashed experiences of constitutional tinkering present completely no safety in opposition to Westminster austerity, bare energy grabs and repeated Tory governments we do not vote for.
"Whereas Labour has slid into irrelevance in Scotland, the SNP will proceed to face up for Scotland's pursuits. The truth is that solely with independence will we be capable to construct a fairer society and escape damaging Westminster management and dangerous insurance policies we do not vote for."
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