Keir Starmer

Yes, it's right to talk about policy.

It's right to talk about ideas.

That's where the debate should be.

But actually, no, I don't agree that the policy choice of this government weren't the right policy choices, given what we inherited.

Very different situation in 2024 to 1997.

Yes, it's right to talk about policy.

It's right to talk about ideas.

That's where the debate should be.

But actually, no, I don't agree that the policy choice of this government weren't the right policy choices, given what we inherited.

Very different situation in 2024 to 1997.

I think it's a really distressing case.

I think it's distressing for everybody to see, to hear about,

The courage, frankly, of the girls to come forward is humbling, but it is distressing.

I find it distressing as a politician.

I find it distressing as a father.

And there are questions about the sentence.

The Attorney General has power to refer a case to the Court of Appeal if the Attorney General thinks that the sentence is too lenient.

The Attorney General has now exercised that power

So I can announce that that case now will go to the Court of Appeal and the Court of Appeal will now review the sentence in that case.

And that is clearly the right outcome.