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Starmer looks to Vikings for inspiration as gives his speech at Scottish Labour conference
Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers his keynote speech during the Scottish Labour Party conference at the Scottish Exhibition Centre (SEC) in Glasgow, February 23, 2025

 PRIME minister Sir Keir Starmer looked to Vikings for inspiration as gave his first speech to Scottish Labour conference as Prime Minister.

Introduced by a young worker at the Harland and Wolff yard in Methil who praised the Labour UK government’s efforts to secure its future by brokering its purchase by Spanish state ship-builder Navantia, Sir Keir took to the stage amid a flurry of speculation that a Grangemouth announcement was in prospect.

That announcement came in the form of a pledge that workers being made redundant at the site could now look forward to 18 months of wages, and the commitment of £200 million in investment to find a future for the site, later cautiously welcomed as “a start” by Unite.

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