Starmer: Only In The Lead Because He’s Not Boris Johnson
By the time I get to the end of this I doubt we will be any wiser as to why Boris Johnson apologised for a party that he never attended, that never happened, and order an inquiry into a party that never happened, that he never attended, while not apologising for the party that did happen, that he did attend, and not ordering an inquiry into the party that did happen that he did attend.
Are we clear now?
Whilst I certainly cannot offer much clarity with regards to the parties being hosted at Downing Street, I can absolutely confirm that Boris Johnson would be long gone if the leader of Her Majesty’s official opposition wasn’t a chicken-hearted namby-pamby with the spine of a saveloy.
Keir Starmer, you are utterly intolerable. You lead in (some) polls simply because you are not Boris Johnson. That must feel good. You’re ahead because the other guy is an arsehole, and an absolute disaster. Not because of anything that you have done, but because the alternative is utterly detestable.
You see, Keith, I don’t see you as the lesser of two evils, because that’s still evil, Sir. You are six of one, and that loathsome stockpile of pissed-up inadequacy Johnson is half-a-dozen of the other.
My despair for where we find ourselves now is only equalled by my anger for the establishment bootlickers that gave us Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson and Sir Keir Rodney Starmer.
They say “you get what you vote for”, and while that’s not completely untrue, a vast majority of us, the people, haven’t voted for either Starmer or Johnson to do anything from running a stall at a village jumble sale to running the country into the ground.
But you know how our ‘democracy’ works.
For all of the evils in the world, I think apathy is one of the most dangerous.
When hope is on the menu you have a mighty weapon to attack apathy with, as we found out in 2017. Even fear is better than apathy, because fear makes us do something.
But can you see the mundane Starmer with the focus group fetish putting a healthy slice of hope on the menu? Of course not. And can you really see him generating the sort of fear that hatemongers like Farage and Johnson thrive upon? Of course not. I’ve had scarier satsumas.
The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men, according to that ancient Athenian philosopher dude, Plato, and history would suggest Mr Plato was right, and if the public are left to choose between two cheeks of the same establishment arse I can promise you that apathy will win again.
Starmer’s current poll lead is built on quicksand. This lead wouldn’t exist without Boris Johnson and the snowballing of one crisis after another. Something had to give eventually, and it was the Christmas party that ended up being the straw that broke the camel's back.
It was the Christmas Party.
Don’t get me wrong, the numerous party’s that obviously went ahead around a year ago, that the Prime Minister somehow doesn’t know anything about, despite them happening in his house, is a newsworthy scandal, of course.
But while the hysteria was gathering pace, the obscene Nationality and Borders Bill quietly slipped through Parliament.
Clause 9 of the bill is of particular concern as it will allow the Tories to deprive a person of citizenship without having to notify them. This can be done if officials either do not have the subject’s contact details or if doing so is not “reasonably practical”. The Bill essentially makes people from an ethnic minority background second class citizens.
Outrageously, some SIX MILLION people can be stripped of their nationality, without even being told about it.
This is the Britain you voted for. Perhaps not you personally, but you probably know someone that did, or you might know someone that didn’t vote at all. Either way, we ended up with a human rights abusing Conservative government because too many people genuinely believed Jeremy Corbyn was going to bankrupt our financially and morally bankrupt joke of a country.
The United States shamefully won their appeal over the extradition of Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange. The reporting, or lack of, from the mainstream media has been predictably muted.
Where are you, Keir Starmer? Aren’t you supposed to be a shit-hot human rights barrister, or is your talk of being enraged by injustices simply just talk?
See, I could go on and on about Boris Johnson for hours and hours, but what can I say about the malignant charlatan that hasn’t already been said this week?
Starmer however, isn’t so much getting an easy ride from the British media, but carried aloft on a litter by the tabloid pen pushers, now boss Murdoch has given the toolmakers son the seal of approval.
Keir Starmer isn’t a threat to Rupert Murdoch, not many S*n columnists ever will be a threat to Murdoch, or any of the vested interests that have such an unhealthy foothold in the corridors of power.
Boris Johnson is unlikely to make it to the next election. But this won’t be because of Starmer, because Starmer has refused to go as far as calling for Johnson’s immediate resignation.
I do understand the reluctance on Starmer’s behalf. If you keep demanding resignations in time the demand becomes less effective. Timing is key.
But what else must the loathsome lump do? It’s all there. Sleaze, corruption, lies, ineptitude, a complete loss of public trust - why doesn’t Keir Starmer seize the opportunity and go for the Johnson jugular?
My guess? Boris Johnson is currently the Labour Party’s greatest asset. But this is short-term thinking, because when Johnson has gone - and he will - what will Keir Starner have to fall back on?
His charisma? His likability? Policies that will close the humongous gap between the haves and the have-nots? A respected shadow cabinet that oozes experience in positions of power?
He has the charisma of a mummified corpse and the likability of gastroenteritis. He has no policies of note, certainly no plan to challenge the grotesque levels of inequality we face today, and Wes Streeting as the shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.
Even if you can see past the overwhelmingly unpopular irritant Streeting, you’ve still got a benefit-claimant-hating Nancy Astor fan as shadow Chancellor, and the Melville pin-up, Yvette Cooper, whose track record for losing is only second to that of Nigel Farage, is the shadow Home Secretary.
So what happens when Johnson is gone, and Starmer is forced to take on an opponent that doesn’t resemble the love child of Worzel Gummidge and Pat Butcher?
Starmer’s glaring lack of political killer instinct is as frustrating as it is lamentable. Boris Johnson’s replacement will be salivating at the prospect of facing the ‘forensic’ flop.
I have no doubt you will hear Starmer tell you about his working-class credentials, and of course, he will go on about being a toolmakers son until the cows come home.
But it is quite funny that he forgets to tell everyone his father ran the bloody factory!
Until next time,
Rachael
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