The thing is, Boris obviously and sincerely likes this country, its people, its history and its good points. If you position yourself as the antithesis of that you’re sure to lose.
I think Boris will get a 60 to 80-seat majority next time.
Starmer came across as rehearsed and fake. For all his faults, Boris seems instinctive and unrehearsed and people still seem to prefer that. In a way, he in turn is the Anti-Theresa May.
And how would being the Anti-Boris help if someone like Rishi becomes PM?
AC Harper
2 years ago
“Instead, Team Keir is clearly still convinced that there’s mileage in marketing their man as the antithesis to Boris…” Possibly a mistake. There are plenty of people who dislike Boris’ performances – but he seems to be intuitive of peoples’ expectations and shapes his political direction accordingly. A moving target is more difficult to hit.
Jon Redman
2 years ago
From the Bellylaugh today:
Labour is so far adrift that a swing greater than that secured by Tony Blair in his landslide 1997 victory would be required just for a majority of one. This seems well beyond Sir Keir’s reach.
And that’s the problem right there. Asserting that men can have a cervix is moving exactly the wrong way.
Hardly redeeming himself by asserting that Bond should have one either.
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Andrew Lale
2 years ago
‘The same goes for him telling us (yet again) that his dad was a toolmaker and his mum was a nurse.’ Starmer has lied about the toolmaking thing, though, as his dad did not work in a factory, as he has repeatedly stated, but ran his own toolmaking business as a sole trader. He was a successful self-employed skilled artisan who made a lot of money doing what he did. Not sure why Starmer would lie about that. I suppose it sounds more working class to have been a factory worker. I come from a highly working class background, but I see no benefit in touting it all the time as if it made me morally superior in some way.
I suppose it avoids the puzzling question of why his father was the only self employed businessman in Britain who was devoted to Labour. Makes me think of Bill Maynard’s wonderful characterisation of Fred Moffat in The Gaffer.
Christopher Barclay
2 years ago
The problem with this strategy is that the Tories can easily negate it, would it look like succeeding, by replacing Boris.
B Luck
2 years ago
“Work. Care. Equality. Security. These are the tools of my trade. And with them I will go to work.”
Basically:
“Work. This is a tool of my trade work. And with it I will go to work.” What?
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Gavin Stewart-Mills
2 years ago
Starmer finally facing down the nutters ( – especially that heckling lunatic with the world’s biggest covid visor perched on her head) is possibly the biggest vote winning move he made all conference.
In his own way he needs more Kinnock / Hatton moments like this. The lost voters Starmer needs to win over simply cannot stand these sanctimonious loony types on the left, and unless he decides to have it out with them will rightly conclude they represent Labour Party culture. Not sure of his chances though or if indeed he wants to.
Martin Smith
2 years ago
Being the anti-Boris won’t be much good when Sunak is PM at the next election.
The thing is, Boris obviously and sincerely likes this country, its people, its history and its good points. If you position yourself as the antithesis of that you’re sure to lose.
I think Boris will get a 60 to 80-seat majority next time.
Boris obviously and sincerely likes Boris. He also likes being applauded. The rest is playing to the gallery.
You do realize that all three of those things are entirely compatible, and not mutually exclusive?
Occam’s razor.
Starmer came across as rehearsed and fake. For all his faults, Boris seems instinctive and unrehearsed and people still seem to prefer that. In a way, he in turn is the Anti-Theresa May.
And how would being the Anti-Boris help if someone like Rishi becomes PM?
“Instead, Team Keir is clearly still convinced that there’s mileage in marketing their man as the antithesis to Boris…”
Possibly a mistake. There are plenty of people who dislike Boris’ performances – but he seems to be intuitive of peoples’ expectations and shapes his political direction accordingly. A moving target is more difficult to hit.
From the Bellylaugh today:
And that’s the problem right there. Asserting that men can have a cervix is moving exactly the wrong way.
Hardly redeeming himself by asserting that Bond should have one either.
‘The same goes for him telling us (yet again) that his dad was a toolmaker and his mum was a nurse.’ Starmer has lied about the toolmaking thing, though, as his dad did not work in a factory, as he has repeatedly stated, but ran his own toolmaking business as a sole trader. He was a successful self-employed skilled artisan who made a lot of money doing what he did. Not sure why Starmer would lie about that. I suppose it sounds more working class to have been a factory worker. I come from a highly working class background, but I see no benefit in touting it all the time as if it made me morally superior in some way.
I suppose it avoids the puzzling question of why his father was the only self employed businessman in Britain who was devoted to Labour. Makes me think of Bill Maynard’s wonderful characterisation of Fred Moffat in The Gaffer.
The problem with this strategy is that the Tories can easily negate it, would it look like succeeding, by replacing Boris.
Basically:
“Work. This is a tool of my
tradework. And with it I will go to work.” What?Starmer finally facing down the nutters ( – especially that heckling lunatic with the world’s biggest covid visor perched on her head) is possibly the biggest vote winning move he made all conference.
In his own way he needs more Kinnock / Hatton moments like this. The lost voters Starmer needs to win over simply cannot stand these sanctimonious loony types on the left, and unless he decides to have it out with them will rightly conclude they represent Labour Party culture. Not sure of his chances though or if indeed he wants to.
Being the anti-Boris won’t be much good when Sunak is PM at the next election.
Who is Dame Doreen Lawrence?