will
tomorrow call for an end to the “decade of division” that has
defined 10 years of Conservative government. She will say now is
the moment to “re-build bridges” with the UK’s closest allies,
starting with European partners.
Criticising the Conservatives’ chronic failure to get to grips
with the flow of ‘dirty money’ into the City of London despite
last year’s Russia Report, Nandy will announce plans for a new
Illicit Finance Taskforce tasked with making the UK “the most
inhospitable place in the world for dirty money and ill-gotten
gains”.
In her first conference speech as Shadow Foreign Secretary, Nandy
will set out Labour’s plan to introduce new Parliamentary powers
to clamp down on imported goods produced through forced labour –
including a ban on cotton from Xinjiang. She is expected to say
that “under a Labour Government, British shelves will never be
stocked with the products of modern slavery”.
Addressing Labour Party members in Brighton, the Shadow Foreign
Secretary will take aim at the Government for failing to stand up
for British interests and values at home and overseas, instead
recognising England footballers Marcus Rashford and Tyrone Mings
as representing “the very best of what this country is”.
is expected
to say:
Genuine diplomacy demands dialogue especially when we disagree.
Real leadership knows that compromise is not cowardice.
If we are willing to grapple with the world as it is - we can
change it.
When crisis engulfed Afghanistan, Labour MPs and staff worked
round the clock to assist the evacuation, led with great courage
by British and Afghan troops.
It’s Labour Mayors, Councils and the Welsh Government who have
stepped up to provide a warm welcome, in stark contrast to the
Tories’ operation cold shoulder.
While the Foreign Secretary was on the beach, we were on the
pitch. And we didn’t wait for three years, we acted now, because
that is what was asked of us.
And we did it the only way that counts - together.
The Tories only have one trick in their playbook. Divide and
rule.
When shamefully abolished the Department for International
Development, he said we couldn’t afford to keep our promises to
the world’s poorest and help people at home. Then look what he
did next. He slashed aid. And then he cut universal credit.
Theirs’ is a foreign policy for the Lex Greensills and David
Camerons - one where the rewards are theirs, but the appalling
losses fall on steel workers in towns like Rotherham.
Conference, we will navigate by different stars.
