Mother of God. Starmer celebrates flying, then uses air travel as an example of how he wants to put recovery "above all else", presumably including the survival of life on Earth.
Where has he been these past few years?
He might as well just tell young voters to eff off.
Where has he been these past few years?
He might as well just tell young voters to eff off.
https://twitter.com/Keir_Starmer/status/1383681781996556290
In combination with Labour's rejection of proportional representation again today, it seems as if it's trying to burrow back into the 20th Century. Perhaps it feels safer there.
Then there are the optics. Starmer steps down from the plane like some visiting dignitary with a remind-me-which-country-this-is-again expression, meets some people in the airport then presumably flies out.
It might as well be an ad for Scottish independence.
It might as well be an ad for Scottish independence.
The more I think about this video, the weirder it looks.
The message seems to be:
"Scotland is a distant country that scares me so much that I daren't travel by train, the only place I'll visit is an empty airport and the only people I'll speak to are Labour Party apparatchiks."
The message seems to be:
"Scotland is a distant country that scares me so much that I daren't travel by train, the only place I'll visit is an empty airport and the only people I'll speak to are Labour Party apparatchiks."
I mean, nothing says "wannabe colonial overlord" like a literal flying visit.
So with one short video, Starmer is likely to have further alienated two crucial constituencies.
Remember how his inner circle used to lash Jeremy Corbyn for being "offputting" and "out of touch"?
Remember how his inner circle used to lash Jeremy Corbyn for being "offputting" and "out of touch"?
I also seem to recall Tony Blair attacking Corbyn for being only two points ahead of the Tories. thelondoneconomic.com/politics/yougo…
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