Kinnock Tells Starmer He Can Lead UK Alone, Without Coalition

Former Labour leader speaks with Bloomberg UK Politics Podcast
Other parties will back Labour to topple Tories, he says

Neil Kinnock in London on May 31.Photographer: Hollie Adams/Bloomberg

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By Caroline Hepker, Lizzy Burden, and Yuan Potts

June 2, 2023 at 5:00 AM UTC

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Former Labour leader Neil Kinnock dismissed the chances of the party being forced into a coalition after the next UK election, saying that Keir Starmer would be able to operate a minority government if needed.

Kinnock, who led the Labour Party from 1983 to 1992, told the Bloomberg UK Politics Podcast that there was “no question” of Starmer entering into a power-sharing arrangement after a general election that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak must call by January 2025 at the latest.