Keir Starmer finally unites UK – Labour are finished for generations | Personal Finance | Finance
In his first speech after the election, Sir Keir Starmer said Labor would unite the nation around the “common good” and build a new Britain based on “dignity and respect” where everyone feels valued. High-minded stuff. Unfortunately for him, that’s not what the country is united by. Starmer brought us together in a much more worldly way.
This new unity can be found wherever Britons gather in droves and raise their voices in song to Sir Keir. Everyone’s voice is raised as one during the world darts championship held at Alexandra Palace in London. But this is not limited to Ally Pally. You can also hear the same melody at football matches, nightclubs, music festivals and concerts. It transcends the political divide.
The chant is now so exciting that even the left-wing Guardian newspaper is celebrating its power. One of its writers today called it “the soundtrack to our lives, perhaps even a unifying balm in troubled times.”
Put it nicely. And it is impossible not to agree with this. So what is this anthem of national unity? Jerusalem? Land of Hope and Glory? Rule or Britain? Unfortunately no. It’s a little simpler than that. But let’s not be precious. He’s still doing his job.
“Keir Starmer is bad, bad,” he says, and then keeps repeating until everyone feels a little better about life.
It helps that it’s a simple and familiar melody. Football fans have been directing this at opposing players for decades. Everyone knows how things work. The word with an asterisk is rude, it has two syllables. Readers can figure this out. Many will have said so themselves when they catch a glimpse of the Prime Minister on TV. Or at least I thought so.
We have Sir Keir to thank for bringing us together. At a time when politics is pushing us to extremes, this slogan glues us together. “We Will Meet Again” is our generation’s saying. Only ruder.
And that spells terrible news for Labour. The party won its “loveless overwhelming majority” by a slim margin, and only by pretending it wasn’t the party that tax-collecting, free-spending, union baron-loving Labor voters learned to hate in the 1970s.
When the mask fell, the mood suddenly changed. People felt cheated.
Liz Truss also united the UK. The whole country laughed when it was cruelly compared to a wet lettuce. When a leader becomes a national joke, his shelf life is short.
Starmer now invites universal ridicule. Each pathetic new plan is immediately submerged in a pool of ridicule. It was fatal to the Conservatives and it will be fatal to the Labor Party. This is definitely something to sing about. Now completely…
