Iceland grocery store boss backs Keir Starmer as subsequent PM after abandoning Tories

The boss of Iceland has backed Keir Starmer to be the subsequent Prime Minister, saying the Labour chief understands the “unbearable strain” households are going through.

Richard Walker, a former Tory donor who had thought of changing into an MP, give up the celebration in disgust final yr with a warning it had “lost its way”. In an intervention forward of the Conservatives’ annual convention, he warned that the “out of touch” celebration had left the nation in a “considerably worse state” than 13 years in the past.

Mr Walker stated immediately that he had determined to help Labour because it was the “right choice for the communities across the country where Iceland operates – and the right choice for everyone in business who wants to see this country grow and prosper”. His backing comes after Labour mounted a serious offensive to woo companies lately.

Writing in The Guardian, Mr Walker stated the Labour chief had “transformed” his celebration from the Jeremy Corbyn period whereas Rishi Sunak had deserted Tories ideas and led to a “total collapse of public confidence”. He stated Mr Starmer “demonstrates a compassion and concern for the less fortunate that contrasts very favourably with the attitude of most of his opponents”.

“He absolutely gets it when I talk to him about the way that the cost of living crisis has put unbearable strain on the finances of so many of my customers and their families, and the urgent need for a government that does everything in its power to ease their burden.” He stated he would help Labour on the subsequent normal election however he isn’t changing into a celebration member.

Mr Starmer, who is about to go to a department of Iceland later to fulfill workers and customers, stated: “I’m delighted that Richard Walker has backed Labour. The work that he and his colleagues at Iceland have done to help customers through the cost of living crisis has been commendable.

“With Labour, customers and store staff will get a good deal. We’ll sort out the price of residing disaster, get Britain’s economic system rising once more and get our nation’s future again.”