Keir Starmer

[Saddleworth2]

The world is crying out for boring, intelligent, empathetic leaders with a soupçon of charisma.

Not saying Starmer is the ideal choice for this, but he’s higher on the list than Johnson. By default.

He also talked about basing treasury spend on well-being outcomes. Straight from the Ardern NZ playbook. Not saying its wrong btw. Think it’s positive.

 

[lazerblue]

Seems to be getting a lot of support from what I’ve seen.

yep, one big happy LWNJ party

 

[Zuriblue]

"My dad was a toolmaker, although, in a way, so was Boris Johnson's."

I have to say that's cleverer than just calling him scum.

 

[Postman Pep]

"My dad was a toolmaker, although, in a way, so was Boris Johnson's."

I have to say that's cleverer than just calling him scum.

Fair play to the writing team still think Keith needs some work on his delivery.

 

[mat]

Gene Hunt for PM!

 

[BlueAnorak]

One was a crap lawyer and a good public speaker, the other a first class lawyer and a shit public speaker. It just comes across as wooden and insincere.

Starmer a class lawyer?
A lot of people falsely accused of sexual offences would disagree.

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

Starmer a class lawyer?
A lot of people falsely accused of sexual offences would disagree.

Yes. QC of the year for Human Rights in 2007.

Such as?

 

[dobingsdobber]

The world is crying out for boring, intelligent, empathetic leaders with a soupçon of charisma.

Not saying Starmer is the ideal choice for this, but he’s higher on the list than Johnson. By default.

Boring is certainly applicable to Starmer,charisma unfortunately isn't.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Boring is certainly applicable to Starmer,charisma unfortunately isn't.

Boring trumps bloviating buffoon though, for me.

 

[Mazzarelli's Swiss Cheese]

Reminds me of Trump or Biden.

Indeed it does

 

[dobingsdobber]

Boring trumps bloviating buffoon though, for me.

I do like a bit of buffoonery though,I've met enough boring twats in my life and find them vexatious to my soul.

 

[Bluemanc100]

Fair play to the writing team still think Keith needs some work on his delivery.

Did he play Charisma in London’s Burning?

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

I do like a bit of buffoonery though,I've met enough boring twats in my life and find them vexatious to my soul.

There’s definitely room for such people in life to mix things up a bit. Not sure I want them in power though!

 

[west didsblue]

There’s definitely room for such people in life to mix things up a bit. Not sure I want them in power though!

I’m absolutely sure I don’t.

 

[ganganvince]

yep, one big happy LWNJ party

Distinct shortage of masks there.

 

[Postman Pep]

Don't get me wrong, in an ideal world the party would be united. It just feels like for too long we're more bothered about winning arguments amongst ourselves than winning elections and being in a position to affect change. Him making statements to that effect is a step in the right direction for me.

Not sure.
Biden saw the value of an olive branch

 

[meltonblue]

Bit of a gamble but he’s gone for distancing himself from the previous leadership of the party, don’t think he could do that as much as he thought he had to and take the supporters along with him.

 

[urban genie]

Hard to portray a former DPP as soft on crime...

It not too hard tbf, he gets called out on it by social media trolls who are fans of yaxley lennon all the time and tories for.his failure to prosecute certain crimes, while he is heavily criticised on the left for turning a blind eye to reports of MI5s and MI6s part in rendition and torture by America

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

Anybody remember Carole from Big Brother? All I could recall was her moaning about a lack of Vegetarian cheese.

Redirect Notice

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

It not too hard tbf, he gets called out on it by social media trolls who are fans of yaxley lennon all the time and tories for.his failure to prosecute certain crimes, while he is heavily criticised on the left for turning a blind eye to reports of MI5s and MI6s part in rendition and torture by America

Well there is no circumstance (unless the government of the day was in favour of it) where the CPS would start prosecuting intelligence operatives for carrying out extraordinary rendition.

It’s just fanciful to believe otherwise, and I'm not someone who believes that we should have been involved with flying people around for the purpose of torturing them.