Sir Keir Starmer has pitched Labour as the "party of change" as he set his sights on the general election after Labour's resounding victory over the SNP in the Rutherglen and Hamilton West by-election. Report by Ajagbef. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00 No, this was a very positive vote for Labour.
00:03 We've been knocking on thousands and thousands of doors.
00:07 And the message that we've got back
00:09 is that people know that the Labour Party has changed.
00:11 They want change in Scotland, and they put their trust in Labour.
00:15 And I want to thank everybody who voted for Labour yesterday
00:19 in this by-election.
00:20 They put their trust in a changed Labour Party,
00:23 and we will repay that trust.
00:24 But we accept this victory humbly,
00:27 knowing that it's a step on the journey towards the next general
00:30 election.
00:31 We are in exactly the same place.
00:33 We know exactly what we want to achieve.
00:35 Those challenges were put to us throughout this campaign.
00:38 We've knocked them aside, shown we're a united team,
00:41 and pulled off an incredible, historic victory here
00:46 in this by-election.
00:48 And I don't think anybody will look back at this
00:50 and think it's anything other than a historic day for Labour,
00:53 for Scotland, and hopefully for the general election.
00:57 But we accept it.
00:58 We accept that victory humbly, and knowing
01:01 that we work on from here in Scotland for the change
01:05 that people desperately need.