‘Isolationism’ will not solve cost-of-living crisis, Starmer says
Speaking at the first Parliamentary Labour Party meeting of the year on Monday, the Prime Minister leader said that the cost-of-living crisis cannot be "solved by isolationism."
He said: “One thing that is crystal clear is that we are moving into a world that is very different to the one most of us grew up in.
“And in a world this volatile – you have to be on the pitch. You have to be in the room to tackle the issues working people care about.
“The cost-of-living crisis will not be solved by isolationism. You cannot deliver peace in Ukraine without being in the room.
It's a weird business having to take note of such dull, cliché-riddled rhetoric from a hopelessly isolated Prime Minister who doesn't yet realise that it is time to resign and clear off to write the memoirs nobody is likely to read.
Of course, if things are expected to become worse, then "Sir" Keir Starmer is the man to guide us towards worse, but it's still horribly undignified when a supposedly intelligent man flounders around like this.
Yet again, the word 'stupid' is on the pitch and in the room - at the same time apparently.
8 comments:
Is it code for “I’m about to rejoin the EU by administrative fiat”?
It’s hard to be sure but that’s certainly one possible meaning.
Peter - yes, it's what he's aiming for. I've a post on that almost ready for this afternoon.
Is the antonym for "isolationism" "communism"? Or perhaps "strong socialism"?
If so Stumbler is desperately flagging a shift from the traditional UK mixed economy of the last century to something far more centrally planned. And we know how that turns out.
Peter McF: That was exactly my thought as I finished reading the sentence . . .
Pity poor old Gordon Brown, an able lad when young. First he is kept out of the Labour leadership by dim little Toni Blair. Then after a brief spell as PM he loses an election and the next Labour PM is none-too-bright Sir Jetalot. Oh the frustration!
DJ - yes, Stumbler does appear to be flagging a shift towards central planning, much more than we have already. Ideologically he seems to be stuck in his student days.
Jannie - and this time without a vote.
dearieme - it would be interesting to know if Brown regrets his political career and the ideology which took him along that path.
Good old Groucho nails it : - I don’t want to belong to any club that would have me as a member. In this case " me " means this decrepit broken nation.
Mr Marx, not Karl, also has a "suit"able quote for Surkier regarding his principles.
Doonhamer - although it takes a while before Surkier changes a principle when we don't like it. It would be simpler if they were more grounded, get rid of Ed would be a start.
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