DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Keir Starmer's duplicity is wearing very thin
3 months, 2 weeks ago

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Keir Starmer's duplicity is wearing very thin

Daily Mail  

It's often said you can tell when a politician is lying because his or her lips move. Keir Starmer is facing furious backlash after his government announced it would not pay a penny to the ‘WASPI women’. Pictured: Keir Starmer posing with WASPI women campaigners in 2018 WASPI campaigners stage a protest on College Green in Westminster, London, as Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves delivers her Budget in the Houses of Parliament He’s jettisoned so many supposedly cast-iron guarantees it’s positively dizzying. It shouldn’t take an economist to know that Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s hikes in employers’ National Insurance, big pay rises to the public sector, and splurge on borrowing and spending would put up prices. It shouldn’t take an economist to know that Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s hikes in employers’ National Insurance, big pay rises to the public sector, and splurge on borrowing and spending would put up prices With growth contracting, job cuts surging and fears of rising unemployment, Britain is on recession watch.

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DAN HODGES: Keir Starmer is a man without shame. As people across the country made sacrifices for one another, all he cared about was himself - and his precious voice coach
1 month, 4 weeks ago

DAN HODGES: Keir Starmer is a man without shame. As people across the country made sacrifices for one another, all he cared about was himself - and his precious voice coach

Daily Mail  

This is why it matters that Keir Starmer had a meeting with voice coach Leonie Mellinger on Christmas Eve 2020, as London was locked down under stringent Tier 4 Covid restrictions. While in opposition, Sir Keir Starmer was not just a supporter of lockdown, he was an evangelist for it, Dan Hodges writes It's not even because Starmer has again …

‘Keir Starmer guilty as anyone’: Whistleblower slams UK PM over grooming gang 'failures'
2 months, 4 weeks ago

‘Keir Starmer guilty as anyone’: Whistleblower slams UK PM over grooming gang 'failures'

Hindustan Times  

A former detective who uncovered police failings in investigating grooming gangs has said Sir Keir Starmer is “perhaps as guilty as anyone” over the failure to bring about change. Whistleblower Maggie Oliver, who resigned from Greater Manchester Police in 2012, on Friday criticised previous inquiries into the scandal and called for an independent investigation and “criminal accountability” for public officials …

Labour councillor brands Keir Starmer a 'liar' and says Prime Minister's 'attack on working class and grandparents is unjustifiable' after candidate was trounced in local by-election
3 months ago

Labour councillor brands Keir Starmer a 'liar' and says Prime Minister's 'attack on working class and grandparents is unjustifiable' after candidate was trounced in local by-election

Daily Mail  

A Labour councillor has written a scathing attack on Sir Keir Starmer after a fellow party candidate was trounced in a by-election. Steve Edwards, who sits on Dudley Council in the West Midlands, posted on Facebook saying his party leader had peddled lies to win the General Election. Sir Keir Starmer’s attack on the working class, our children and parents/grandparents …

QUENTIN LETTS: Sadly Keir's joke about the Budget perking up the economy didn't get the long laugh it richly deserved
3 months, 2 weeks ago

QUENTIN LETTS: Sadly Keir's joke about the Budget perking up the economy didn't get the long laugh it richly deserved

Daily Mail  

His poll ratings are diving like a guillemot and the economy has stalled at the traffic lights but Sir Keir Starmer could not have been more delighted with himself. For Starmer KC, it seems, life’s ambition was to sit opposite the prosaic boobies of the liaison committee and be quizzed on the grinding minutiae of his government’s ‘delivery’. Prime Minister …

All of Starmer’s ‘betrayals’ and U-turns as Labour faces Waspi women backlash
3 months, 2 weeks ago

All of Starmer’s ‘betrayals’ and U-turns as Labour faces Waspi women backlash

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. scrap punitive sanctions, two-child limit and benefits cap.” But before the election, Sir Keir said …

MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: Once more we're in grave danger of being a rule taker, not a rule maker
3 months, 2 weeks ago

MAIL ON SUNDAY COMMENT: Once more we're in grave danger of being a rule taker, not a rule maker

Daily Mail  

Sir Keir Starmer can’t really hide his abiding love affair with the European Union. In 2019 Sir Keir, then Shadow Brexit Secretary, said ‘there are many in the Labour Party who feel we need to be very clear about a second referendum and about making the case for Remain. He may have pretended to accept Brexit to gain office, but …

After the Labour ‘freebie’ scandal, Starmer is running out of time to get his government back on track
6 months, 1 week ago

After the Labour ‘freebie’ scandal, Starmer is running out of time to get his government back on track

The Independent  

When Labour won a stunning landslide victory in July, few senior party figures would have imagined the start of the party conference in Liverpool would have been overshadowed by the very kind of sleaze allegations Sir Keir Starmer had understandably exploited when the Conservatives were in power. Some perspective is needed: we have not yet seen any evidence the donations …

Sir Keir Starmer to prepare the ground for tax rises with warning it will take TEN YEARS to rebuild Britain - after he is accused of being elected to office on 'false promises' that they would not inc
7 months, 1 week ago

Sir Keir Starmer to prepare the ground for tax rises with warning it will take TEN YEARS to rebuild Britain - after he is accused of being elected to office on 'false promises' that they would not inc

Daily Mail  

Sir Keir Starmer will warn tomorrow that it will take a decade to rebuild Britain, as he is accused of preparing the ground for Rachel Reeves to unveil major tax rises in the Budget. Sir Keir will use his first major speech since winning power to warn that things in Britain 'will get worse before they get better'. Tory chairman …

Sir Keir Starmer is accused of being elected to office on 'false promises' - as Labour leader is set to warn that things in Britain 'will get worse before they get better'
7 months, 1 week ago

Sir Keir Starmer is accused of being elected to office on 'false promises' - as Labour leader is set to warn that things in Britain 'will get worse before they get better'

Daily Mail  

Labour was elected on 'false promises', senior Tories claimed last night as Sir Keir Starmer prepares to deliver more doom and gloom tomorrow. The Prime Minister will use his first major speech since winning power to warn that things in Britain 'will get worse before they get better'. Sir Keir Starmer will vow not to 'shy away from making unpopular …

Keir Starmer is accused of 'conning the public' over the state of Britain's finances: Tory chairman says PM has 'fabricated' problems amid claim that things will only get WORSE before they get better
7 months, 1 week ago

Keir Starmer is accused of 'conning the public' over the state of Britain's finances: Tory chairman says PM has 'fabricated' problems amid claim that things will only get WORSE before they get better

Daily Mail  

Sir Keir Starmer has been accused of 'conning the public' over his grim assessment of the state of Britain's finances. Mr Fuller said: 'Just two months in and Keir Starmer has taken winter fuel payments off 10 million pensioners, showered billions of taxpayers' money on his union paymasters and is now engulfed in a cronyism scandal after parachuting donors and …

With Left-wing policies raining down like molten lava, STEPHEN GLOVER argues no government in recent history has veered from its manifesto so quickly... In a few short weeks the devious heart of Starm
7 months, 2 weeks ago

With Left-wing policies raining down like molten lava, STEPHEN GLOVER argues no government in recent history has veered from its manifesto so quickly... In a few short weeks the devious heart of Starm

Daily Mail  

On the morning of July 5 Sir Keir Starmer stood outside No 10 and addressed the nation. Trust and integrity were catchwords not only of Labour's election campaign but also of Sir Keir's appeal to the British people from the days when Boris Johnson was prime minister. Labour is already unloved and Starmer's approval ratings are plummeting Labour's defence is …

Keir Starmer is right to take a firm line in NHS pay talks
9 months, 1 week ago

Keir Starmer is right to take a firm line in NHS pay talks

The Independent  

Both sides in the shadow pay dispute that is likely to become a real negotiation after 4 July are engaged in pre-match trash talk. The junior doctors are on strike until Tuesday morning, in pursuit of a claim for a 35 per cent pay rise, which they claim merely restores past real-term pay cuts. Meanwhile, Sir Keir Starmer, who is …

Labour must make sure that it deals with race openly, as it has promised
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Labour must make sure that it deals with race openly, as it has promised

The Independent  

Sir Keir Starmer, as he often reminds us, has spent the last four years changing the Labour Party and preparing it for government. As The Independent reports today, the Labour Party under Sir Keir, for some inexplicable reason, took it upon itself to attack and attempt to gag the respected Black barrister Martin Forde KC. His offence – which is …

QUENTIN LETTS: Keir Starmer is barely meeting any real voters. He is kept inside his canopic jar, protected from view like King Tut's intestines
9 months, 2 weeks ago

QUENTIN LETTS: Keir Starmer is barely meeting any real voters. He is kept inside his canopic jar, protected from view like King Tut's intestines

Daily Mail  

Word came late: Sir Keir Starmer would visit a pub in Basingstoke. Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer during a visit to Gabardine Bar in Basingstoke, while on the General Election campaign trail During his campaign, Starmer has been kept inside his canopic jar, protected from view like King Tutankhamun's intestines There are two reasons politicians visit catering outlets. Theo …

The top quips of the Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer TV showdown
9 months, 4 weeks ago

The top quips of the Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer TV showdown

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer “Ashamed” of his party’s record Mr …

Keir Starmer to promise ‘total crackdown on cronyism’
1 year, 3 months ago

Keir Starmer to promise ‘total crackdown on cronyism’

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Sir Keir Starmer is promising a “total crackdown on cronyism” if …

Keir Starmer 'condemned by his silence' on Sue Gray
1 year, 10 months ago

Keir Starmer 'condemned by his silence' on Sue Gray

The Telegraph  

Sir Keir Starmer’s silence over the appointment of Sue Gray “condemns him”, Michael Gove has said. Speaking on Sky News on Wednesday night, Mr Gove was asked whether he believed Ms Gray was a woman of integrity, to which he replied “totally”. Asked whether he had any concerns about her appointment, Mr Gove said: “Yes, I do and they relate …

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Rein in the wreckers to keep the public safe
2 years, 2 months ago

DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Rein in the wreckers to keep the public safe

Daily Mail  

Not before time the Government has shown some backbone and unveiled new laws designed to keep the country moving and people safe during strikes. With hard-Left unions blackmailing Britain by refusing to call off a wave of crippling walkouts, Rishi Sunak is right to demand a minimum service in critical industries. Under the proposals, unions face paying heavy damages and …

Sir Keir Starmer being investigated over possible breaches of MPs’ rules
2 years, 9 months ago

Sir Keir Starmer being investigated over possible breaches of MPs’ rules

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is under investigation by the …

Starmer accused of hypocrisy over allegations of lockdown-busting drink
2 years, 10 months ago

Starmer accused of hypocrisy over allegations of lockdown-busting drink

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. This message was repeated by allies on Saturday, with shadow health secretary Wes Streeting …

Keir Starmer is not so much asking for your vote in May as begging for it
4 years ago

Keir Starmer is not so much asking for your vote in May as begging for it

The Independent  

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