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Starmer delivers first Labour Prime Minister address to Welsh Labour Conference in 16 years
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer conducting media interviews during a visit to Airbus in Broughton, Flintshire, November 15, 2024

DELEGATES queued to be admitted to Welsh Labour’s conference in Llandudno on Saturday to listen to the first Labour prime minister to address them in 16 years.

They were struggling to get in due to hold-ups at security, meaning the conference hall was half empty when proceedings began.

The top table desperately filibustered to string out proceedings so the hall would be full for Sir Keir Starmer.

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