He said the party has changed since its brutal defeat in 2019 under Jeremy Corbyn. The Labour leader made the comments in Birmingham as he unveiled a new "contract with the British people". Remainer Sir Keir, who later sat in the driver's seat of a hydrogenpowered bus at the city's Tyseley Energy Park, vowed to "make Brexit work". He insisted he and his party are "patriotic" as he stood in front of two Union flags.