Angela Rayner dancing whilst on holiday in Ibiza

The Spectator wrote a column saying that up until April this year, Starmer didn’t wear glasses but Lord Alli bought him multiple pairs to change Starmer’s image. Apparently Starmer now looks wise, avuncular and prime ministerial. Oh dear……

Oh dear indeed!

The Spectator’s research is shaky then.
www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/keir-starmers-five-missions-labour-govern

ronib

The Spectator wrote a column saying that up until April this year, Starmer didn’t wear glasses but Lord Alli bought him multiple pairs to change Starmer’s image. Apparently Starmer now looks wise, avuncular and prime ministerial. Oh dear……

Ye gods. It’s (again) not true. Here is Starmer, wearing glasses, in 2021.

news.sky.com/story/amp/beergate-memo-calls-into-question-starmers-claim-that-he-did-not-break-lockdown-rules-12607392

ronib

The Spectator wrote a column saying that up until April this year, Starmer didn’t wear glasses but Lord Alli bought him multiple pairs to change Starmer’s image. Apparently Starmer now looks wise, avuncular and prime ministerial. Oh dear……

The Spectator said
"Until about April this year, Sir Keir did not wear spectacles on public occasions."

Yes - OldFrill

Talk about rummaging ariund to find something to criticise Starmer for 😂

Siope

ronib

The Spectator wrote a column saying that up until April this year, Starmer didn’t wear glasses but Lord Alli bought him multiple pairs to change Starmer’s image. Apparently Starmer now looks wise, avuncular and prime ministerial. Oh dear……

Ye gods. It’s (again) not true. Here is Starmer, wearing glasses, in 2021.

news.sky.com/story/amp/beergate-memo-calls-into-question-starmers-claim-that-he-did-not-break-lockdown-rules-12607392

They're just not very statesmanlike though!!
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Iam64 didn’t need much rummaging….

Come to think of it, there’s nothing that Starmer can do to pretend to be statesman like. Every time he opens his mouth, it gets worse. Such a pity that Lord Alli wasted his money. Should have offered basic communication skills course instead.

ronib he looks a darn sight more statesmanlike than one of his predecessors!
(I don't mean Rishi or even Liz)

ronib

Come to think of it, there’s nothing that Starmer can do to pretend to be statesman like. Every time he opens his mouth, it gets worse. Such a pity that Lord Alli wasted his money. Should have offered basic communication skills course instead.

Oh , come off it! KS not the most inspirational of speakers but he can string words together, unlike the buffoon.

eggplant

ronib

Come to think of it, there’s nothing that Starmer can do to pretend to be statesman like. Every time he opens his mouth, it gets worse. Such a pity that Lord Alli wasted his money. Should have offered basic communication skills course instead.

Oh , come off it! KS not the most inspirational of speakers but he can string words together, unlike the buffoon.

As a barrister he must have been able to string a few words together to make a coherent sentence. 🙂
Perhaps not in Ancient Greek or Latin but in intelligible English.

Sorry to disagree - I can’t bring myself to watch or hear Starmer’s interview this morning. This is exactly the same technique Putin is using to alienate his own people in Russia.

ronib

The Spectator wrote a column saying that up until April this year, Starmer didn’t wear glasses but Lord Alli bought him multiple pairs to change Starmer’s image. Apparently Starmer now looks wise, avuncular and prime ministerial. Oh dear……

False news of course, the Spectator should know better but it, and you, seem to be scraping the bottom of the proverbial

Proof RosiesMaw2? Which bit is false? Starmer wore spectacles for work only until April is the inaccurate bit. The rest is true.

ronib

Sorry to disagree - I can’t bring myself to watch or hear Starmer’s interview this morning. This is exactly the same technique Putin is using to alienate his own people in Russia.

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Why would Putin wish to alienate the Russian people?

ronib

Sorry to disagree - I can’t bring myself to watch or hear Starmer’s interview this morning. This is exactly the same technique Putin is using to alienate his own people in Russia.

I had to turn him off as well. Not remotely captivating, interesting or inspiring. Loving the way he's said the NHS will use the private health sector. Does he not remember Tony Blair doing this? And the NHS has been using private facilities for over 30 years.

Pork markets and Peppa Pig. Hiding in a fridge and Penny Mordaunt stating that the Prime Minister wasn't hiding under a desk. Statement like ? What short memories some have.

I don’t care if he needs glasses for everyday or not, but it’s what he does that matters.
On the whole this morning his interview with Laura Kuensberg went well, tho I was pleased to see that she mentioned when this 22billion black hole was trotted out yet again by him, that actually 9 billion of this was created by paying some public servants huge pay rises and it was a political choice to deprive pensioners like my own Mum of the WFA.
It wasn’t an inspiring interview but it was ok.Soon tho he is going to have to offer us more than gloom and doom.

What do people want truth or lies? Truth is, as a country we are rather broke, our public services are pretty awful and our tax bill is pretty high. One of the reasons we are a bit broke is that the govt is having to pay more for the borrowing, which is sky high at 99.4% of GDP partly due to the Lettuce! The US can have a debt that big because they have the dollar we can't so we have to do something to bring it down and redirect govt spending to where it is needed most to improve services for everyone and the lives of the most disadvantaged. If people understand that perhaps they don't see gloom and doom, they see responsible economic measures not a party trying to buy votes to stay in power. If people want quick results just think back to Truss and the damage she did in 49 days, I'd rather have a more measured response to the country's problems.

I would rather have people running the country who are able to offer positive solutions to the problems and carefully worked out strategies on how they will achieve them than the eternal bad-mouthing of their predecessors.
Kier Starmer really is a disastrous communicator, reading- glasses or no. (I still don't understand why Lord Alli found it necessary to advance him quite quite such a large sum of money to refresh his wardrobe, or is that all Tory lies as well?)

Soon tho he is going to have to offer us more than gloom and doom

Yes, absolutely. Somehope would be nice.

Rekarie

ronib

Sorry to disagree - I can’t bring myself to watch or hear Starmer’s interview this morning. This is exactly the same technique Putin is using to alienate his own people in Russia.

I had to turn him off as well. Not remotely captivating, interesting or inspiring. Loving the way he's said the NHS will use the private health sector. Does he not remember Tony Blair doing this? And the NHS has been using private facilities for over 30 years.

I asked DH what he thought as I didn't watch the interview.
He said he fell asleep (he did have a disturbed night).

eggplant

*Soon tho he is going to have to offer us more than gloom and doom*

Yes, absolutely. Somehope would be nice.

We're two months into a possible 5 year term. Now is the time for any govt to get the tough stuff out and tell it how it is. The Conservatives did exactly the same.