Robert Hutton has an entertaining Critic piece on Keir Starmer's attempt to persuade the easily persuaded that he has a viable plan for immigration control.
…but it might work for us
The Prime Minister’s rhetoric has nothing to do with Reform, it says here
“Take back control!” Keir Starmer declared, co-opting Dominic Cummings’ most famous slogan. What a time to be alive. Press had been summoned to Downing Street early on a Monday morning to be told that Labour has had enough of foreigners.
And who can blame the prime minister? If you had to deal with both Donald Trump and Emmanuel Macron on a daily basis, you’d probably take a pretty dim view of Abroad too. But it turns out that it’s not just people Over There he has his doubts about: it’s people Over Here, too. Specifically, people Over Here who used to be Over There.
It's a serious subject, but there is no point taking Starmer's rhetoric seriously. Well worth reading.
Was Starmer’s hostility to people with accents in any way related to the triumph of Nigel Farage’s Reform Party at the local elections? Shame on you for even reading that sentence! “On a day like today, people who like politics will try to make this all about politics,” the prime minister said, “about this or that strategy, targeting these voters, responding to that party.” The very idea that Starmer’s Number 10 might have ever indulged in something as base and corrupt as targeting voters! What a thought! Though to be fair, I believed the bit about him not having any strategy.
So why was he doing this? “Because it is what I believe in,” he said, somehow managing not to add “It says here”. If that’s true then you have to wonder how he ended up as leader of the Labour Party, because it’s certainly not what the average Labour activist talks about.
Was Starmer’s hostility to people with accents in any way related to the triumph of Nigel Farage’s Reform Party at the local elections? Shame on you for even reading that sentence! “On a day like today, people who like politics will try to make this all about politics,” the prime minister said, “about this or that strategy, targeting these voters, responding to that party.” The very idea that Starmer’s Number 10 might have ever indulged in something as base and corrupt as targeting voters! What a thought! Though to be fair, I believed the bit about him not having any strategy.
So why was he doing this? “Because it is what I believe in,” he said, somehow managing not to add “It says here”. If that’s true then you have to wonder how he ended up as leader of the Labour Party, because it’s certainly not what the average Labour activist talks about.
9 comments:
Will Cokehead Keir replace Two Tier Keir? Or should I call him Two Nostrils Kier?
How about Two Sniff Kier? Better, I think.
dearieme - or Toot Keir Starmer.
It seems that every state leader sees TTK coming a mile off - he's a weak liability, and has to be taken to one side to learn how to be a 'statesman'. His 'deals' with India and the USA are a joke.
Fat chance really...
Anon - yes that's the problem internationally, they see him coming. Maybe that's why he gets so many invitations.
The train thing was faked. The undoctored recording shows Starmer hurriedly tidied away a beer glass and a Party Seven so as not to apppear uncool.
Sackers - ah, it could have been a Seventies nostalgia trip for them.
Slightly off topic, may I suggest to any comedy writer, or producer, reading this, that several dinghies set off from the French coast, possibly escorted by the French navy to ensure they don't get into difficulties in French waters. Once in British waters, the occupants of the dinghies suddenly declare they are in distress, and are picked up, in a pre-planned arrangement between the French navy and Border Force, and brought to Dover. It is only when they disembark at Dover, that it is shown that they are all wearing German WW2 uniforms. I'm sure the numpties in government would have a little chortle at this sly dig at their open border policies.
Just a thought.
Penseivat
Penseivat - good idea, it's possibly the kind of idea a small YouTube video outfit could produce using modern digital techniques, or at least a variation on it. Could attract lots of views too.
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