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The Labor Party is 10 percentage points behind the reform of the populist rebels in the United Kingdom in opinion polls, as a recent survey indicates that the party will be directed in the upcoming general elections and reduced to only 100 deputies.

However, many delegates at this week’s work conference had an optimistic memo because they acquired the autumn sunlight in Docklands in Liverpool.

One of the elderly said: “Last year, we are used to being in the government, and we were screaming from the side lines for 14 years, and we were shocking.” exhaustion appearance. “We have forgotten that being in the government means making unpopular decisions. Now we are more difficult in the battle.”

A clear coup attempt by “King of the North” in the Labor Party, Andy BornhamSigns of vanishing showed that the Maher -Manchester mayor has repeatedly criticized the Sir Kerr Starmer government before he finally announced the loyalty of the Prime Minister.

One of the former actors said: “If the conference was 10 days ago, the atmosphere would be terrible, but it seems that the revolution of Burnham had analyzed people behind Kiir.”

Many of those present felt vibrant through Starmer’s message that progressive in Britain is now closed An existential battle with reform For the future of the country. During his speech on Tuesday, the Prime Minister launched the hall with his promise to take the “fighting” to reform on his plan to deport immigrants with a long -term stable situation.

He rejected the idea that Britain was “broken” in one way or another, although it made similar voices when he took over the conservatives last summer.

However, behind the general smiles at the conference, there was still constant resentment between some ministers to amend Starmer at the beginning of September. It was designed to revive his administration full of media and exit from the forced director of former Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rainer, and the renewal has left a corridor of disappointment, irritation and confusion at the highest levels.

One of the pickled minister said that the movements “have no meaning” for the deputies and left “a distinct mix” of angry people from Downing Street.

I had some appointments a clear intention. By making Shabana Mahmoud the Minister of Interior, Starmer wiped the road to digital ID cards – opposed by her predecessor, Evit Cooper – and A tougher line on immigration I started at the conference this week.

“The amendment was a shift to the right, which he certainly felt was incomplete with Kiir’s instincts as progress,” said a minister in the cabinet.

The former leader of the public Lucy Powell was the only minister who was completely dropped from the Council To replace Riner As the party’s deputy. If you win, you will get a platform and may become a fork on the side of the steering.

Powell-Burnham al-Hannham already has already criticized issues, including the batch of the benefit

Some business leaders who gathered in Liverpool said they are still angry that the beloved Jonathan Reynolds was transferred from the role of the Minister of Business and the position of the head of the whip. He was transferred to make way for Peter Kyle, one of the most “Blaret” figures in the Council of Ministers, who was formerly Minister of Science.

In his attempt to turn the cabinet into the right, Starmer sought to transfer Ed Miliband from the job of the Minister of Energy and Climate Change, only to the former party leader to refuse to move to the Minister of Housing. Some conference delegates were increasing that this was an unpleasant attempt to reduce the commitment of work to address climate change.

“It is the worst amendment to the living memory,” said one of the senior action figures, who said that he caused the “tremendous misery” among the party’s deputies.

However, many delegates returning to the Lyme Street station in Liverpool were in their steps compared to the miserable gathering last year.

The main obstacles are waiting, the first of which is the budget in November. Chancellor Rachel Reeves is expected to raise taxes under tens of billions of pounds-a difficult political sale process, given that she described the tax raising budget last year as one time.

The work has already prepared for a dark group of local elections in May. The party is expected to lose control of the Welsh SENEDD for the first time since its transfer, in the struggle in Scotland and the domination of many council seats in London.

One of the minister said about the attempt of Burnham’s uprising and the stalled Starmer leadership: “The man who passes the knife never wears the crown. But there are others waiting in the wings. The locals in May will be really the big test,” said one of the minister.