Tories no longer a patriotic party, says Starmer
The Conservatives are no longer a patriotic party, Sir Keir Starmer has said.
Writing in The Sunday Telegraph, the Labour leader accused the Tories of denigrating “some of our proudest national institutions” and lacking faith in the strength of British identity to “withstand discussion”, as he laid claim to the mantle of “the patriotic party”.
In an opinion piece published in the run-up to St George’s Day on Tuesday, Sir Keir spoke of his “pride and gratitude” at being English, saying Labour was “at its best when it has celebrated, defended and served the values of our country and its people” and promised to “always put country above party”.
Oh come off it old chap, this won't do, yours is a globalist party. We know you can't tell the plebs that, but it still creates a certain aura of wanting to jet off to Davos at the first opportunity. And Brussels. Anywhere but here really.
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Of course he's lying, we all know that. The issue is more why he can plausibly lie about it, because the Tory party have so obviously abandoned any pretense of being patriotic at all.
I can't help feeling that Sir IKEA is making a rod for his own back. Certain sections of the Labour party have already complained about too much Union Jack in pamphlets, and importing a load of new potential Labour voters from overseas is a step away from the celebration of the values of our country and people.
Perhaps Sir IKEA feels that Labour's lead in the polls permits 'positioning' rather than 'triangulation' - and he doesn't want the loonies anyway.
Sobers - to my mind it's only marginally plausible. Maybe enough to persuade a few undecided voters, but it could raise a few progressive eyebrows in his own camp.
DJ - I agree, he could be making a rod for his own back. His problem is that he needs the loonies, or at least he needs journalists who shove out material for loonies such as those lurking within the Guardian and the BBC.
Starmer has already conspicuously demonstrated his religious support for St. George. He was even pictured, with his deputy, kneeling in obeisance to George and his followers.
Claiming to be the party of English Patriotism will have gone down well with the Scottish Labour Party, I'll bet. Didn't the silly ass stop to think?
Sam - ha ha, and he became an honorary St George almost immediately.
dearieme - from what he said the silly ass didn't stop to think. It's something I don't understand about him, he seems so far removed from ordinary people that he can't spot the obvious.
" to my mind it's only marginally plausible."
Thats my point. Such a statement coming from him should be so ludicrous that everyone just points and laughs. Whereas the reality is that the Tories are now so bad that he can pull it off without looking like a complete fraud.
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