'Huge difference' between Labour and Tories, Starmer declares as he rejects 'cautious' criticism
Sir Keir Starmer has rejected claims he is being too cautious and timid in his offer to the public - and insisted there is a "huge difference" between Labour and the Conservatives
In his speech at a research centre near Bristol, Sir Keir urged voters to reject "pointless populist gestures" and pledged to crackdown on cronyism as he sought to outline the dividing lines between Labour and the Conservatives.
Life is a huge farce, and the advantage of possessing a sense of humour is that it enables one to defy fate with mocking laughter.
George Gissing - New Grub Street (1891)
George Gissing - New Grub Street (1891)
4 comments:
Both main parties are famous for cronies... just different sets.
Labour support the latest victim class with their class cronies, and the Conservatives support the latest big businesses with their business cronies. The current version of the Establishment suits both parties.
Both parties have quietly dropped previous clients (the working man and the landed gentry) but they swan on hoping they have got away with it.
Sir Ikea claiming any big difference between the parties is a smokescreen for the same old same old.
However it seems that kicking the can down the road is no longer good enough. Too many cans and not enough road. The two main parties have been rumbled.
DJ - yes, a large number of comments on many similar stories do suggest that the two main parties have been rumbled. My impression is that Labour voters are slower to catch on, but the general election could still be interesting if that's not the case.
Starmer himself has a good deal of comedic potential. Even when addressing a friendly camera with a script in his hand he looks absolutely terrified, so decisions about global security will probably have him curling up in a ball on the floor.
Then, when you remember that his Deputy will be that woman who looks like a barmaid, and his Foreign Secretary will be that bloke who looks like an African dictator, the laughing stops.
Reform UK for me, this time around.
Sam - Starmer looks like a bloke who doesn't want to be PM and is scared of the idea. The barmaid and African dictator may be brought into line by being made to look stupid, which shouldn't be difficult.
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