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Should Starmer sue Sunak?

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Casdon Wed 07-Feb-24 14:11:49

Germanshepherdsmum

Brianna’s mother was not in the gallery at the time.

And yes, a lot of people know nothing about the cab rank principle. Does that make them ‘thick and stupid’?

Starmer does his fair share of repeating his favourite anti-Conservative tropes too.

She was actually there. Starmer pointed her out.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3wpyhQKYTw

I don’t think Starmer will sue, I think Sunak’s hanging himself without intervention.

Dinahmo Wed 07-Feb-24 14:05:46

GSM And yes, a lot of people know nothing about the cab rank principle. Does that make them ‘thick and stupid’?

Yes, if they haven't taken on board that explanation, which you have given at least once before.

GrannyGravy13 Wed 07-Feb-24 13:44:25

I suppose we will have multiple threads on the thick & stupid all the way up to the election.

As far as I know the PM hasn’t used those words.

Germanshepherdsmum Wed 07-Feb-24 13:41:36

I’m not surprised. The number of people who criticise barristers for defending people charged with very unpleasant offences shows that the rule is not widely known, which doesn’t surprise me - and unlike the poster above I don’t consider them ‘thick and stupid’.

Smileless2012 Wed 07-Feb-24 13:38:23

I hope it doesn't make them 'thick and stupid' GSM because I had google it as I'd never heard that term before either.

MaizieD Wed 07-Feb-24 13:36:55

Brianna’s mother was not in the gallery at the time.

Oh, so that makes it OK, then?

I don't think Starmer has said anything slanderous about Sunak, has he?

Germanshepherdsmum Wed 07-Feb-24 13:33:27

Brianna’s mother was not in the gallery at the time.

And yes, a lot of people know nothing about the cab rank principle. Does that make them ‘thick and stupid’?

Starmer does his fair share of repeating his favourite anti-Conservative tropes too.

MaizieD Wed 07-Feb-24 13:32:54

I don't think he's all that distanced from the rest of the population. There are plenty of people who are happy to castigate barristers for representing 'guilty' people.

The slur will stick.

I suspect that Starmer has enough on his plate already, without suing Sunak.

Whitewavemark2 Wed 07-Feb-24 13:29:51

He is getting desperate isn’t he?

PMQs was awful and having lost the plot, Sunak seems incapable of not repeating the lies, even though he has been picked up on them. Poor little soul😄 he doesn’t seem to know which way to turn.

Dinahmo Wed 07-Feb-24 13:21:10

Yet another example of how distanced he is from the rest of the population.

DaisyAnneReturns Wed 07-Feb-24 13:11:40

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DaisyAnneReturns Wed 07-Feb-24 13:10:12

I noticed Sunak has repeated his nonsense in PMQs about Starmer and those he defended as a Barrister.

Sunak recently voiced the same nonsense in an interview with Piers Morgan. By doing so, he opened himself up to being sued. Thus also opened up the broadcaster.the

My question is, why does he keep repeating it? Does he see his supporters as so thick and stupid that they don't understand the cab rank rule for Barristers? Is he really that out of touch?

I feel he must be as he couldn't see how crass a £1,000 bet on the lives of asylum seekers would look, nor could he see how hurtful his transgender jibe would be to Brianna Ghey's mother, who was sitting in the gallery at PMQs.