Seriously, What Is The Point Of Sir Keir Starmer?

I’m not a writer, I just get a head full of stuff that cannot be relayed in a few tweets. I’m a ranter really. But I enjoy it. I enjoy putting my opinions together, doing a bit of research, and while it might not be to everyone’s taste, if I can add humour, then why not? We certainly need a smile after the last few months. 

But what I’m writing now, I didn’t want to write, I never thought I would write, but sometimes things need saying. It’s with a heavy heart, and all that blurb.

Where the hell is Sir Keir Starmer when the shit hits the fan? What on earth has happened to Her Majesty’s Official Opposition. 

If Margaret Thatcher was still with us, she would glance across the Commons Despatch Box and shout, “weak, weak, weak”. 

And what would this new opposition do? Keep tapping on their phones, sipping on their lattes, and send a message to some ludicrous Liberal focus group, asking for the best way to respond to the allegations of weakness. 

Failing that, they’ll just pin it on Jeremy Corbyn. 

The new opposition offer no realistic hope of a progressive socialist alternative to the populist brand successfully deployed by that bloody awful cabal holed up in Number 10. Whether we like it or not, the combination of a simple message such as “Get Brexit Done”, and the media vilification of a decent, compassionate human being like Jeremy Corbyn, backed up by regularly dishonest briefings from 80% of Labour’s MPs (you know who you are you nasty fools) -  is what lost us the General Election. 

There are exceptions. Ian Lavery, Dawn Butler, Rebecca Long-Bailey, Jon Trickett, Laura Pidcock, Laura Smith, and others. They all did their bit, for many different reasons, but they supported the movement, the leader, and the membership. 

In the past days and weeks, we have seen desperate human beings attempting to cross 28 miles of deep sea, in a boat made of rubber, in the hope of finding sanctuary. 

I want a Labour Party reaching out the hand of friendship, not a Labour Party that cannot muster up a rapid and credible response, while allowing Priti Patel to patrol the White Cliffs Of Dover with the Royal Navy and Air Force at her disposal. That’s the British forces, by the way, not the Israeli military, who she planned to send taxpayers money, for reasons unknown. 

This new opposition is virtually invisible, and when they do pop up to say something, it’s either someone who doesn’t want Labour to be the party of the welfare state that Labour created, apparently - 4% Kendall, or someone you’ve never heard of, but if you go back to find out who sabotaged Jeremy’s campaigns, you’ll find them on the list of disgrace. These people preferred a Tory government to a Socialist Labour Government. 

Simple fact is, we should’ve been tougher with them from day one. But sometimes your hands are tied, or you truly believe that you can bring people together, despite past experience proving otherwise. 

This new opposition isn’t really opposing very much. Sir Keir Starmer’s regular appreciation of Boris Johnson doesn’t go unnoticed. Where is the fire? The forensic thing didn’t last 5 minutes, so where is Plan B? Do you honestly think you will defeat the Tories by helping them? You are blowing smoke straight up Johnson’s backside, and it’s an absolute travesty. 

I mean, seriously, Starmer spent the first few months of the pandemic in some sort of self-isolation, only appearing to say Johnson could do better, but he isn’t doing bad. Lame opposition. 

The highest death toll in Europe. Why are you offering gentle praise, Sir Keir?

PPE scandals, hundreds of millions pocketed by Tory cronies. Nurses protected by bin bags and face masks from eBay. Hello? Sir Keir? 

Lockdown failures, tens of thousands needlessly dead, you should have us out on the streets demanding justice, but you haven’t got the guts, Sir Keir. 

Our economy is steaming into a deep recession, eyes wide shut. Furlough ends in October. We are going to see mass unemployment. What’s your solution, Sir Keir? 

Will the answers come from a think tank? A focus group? Or just a few right-wing nobodies who have happened to wander into the wrong political party? 

The establishment must be ecstatic. Even if they lose Johnson, they’ve got Sir Keir Starmer to keep the flag flying. Although on current form, the backstabbers are some 28 points away from the promised land of being “20 points clear”. 

That was obviously bullshit, as were Starmer’s ten pledges during the long-winded leadership campaign. Who came up with them? He certainly didn’t. I’d guess it was scribbled on the back of a fag pack by his pro-NHS privatisation adviser. But you can’t talk bad of him. 

Sir Keir won’t have his staff attacked, he made quite a point of it, although he didn’t mention anyone to the left of him can be thrown under the next passing bus, smeared, discredited, and have their career ended, obviously. If he won’t open up to scrutiny, we can, and we most certainly will.

I see so many accounts saying how they supported Jeremy over the last few years, but now it’s time to support the knight in bland beige armour. If you find one, ask them to send you evidence of their past support. 8/9 times out of 10 the evidence doesn’t exist. If you’re really lucky they will block you, and you don’t have to witness any further centrist bilge. 

The Labour Party is losing BAME members at an alarming rate. Shouldn’t this be of concern to Sir Keir? He claimed to reach out and offer support to Dawn Butler earlier this week, from what I am told he sent a text message. Boris Johnson got in before him and offered a degree of support for Dawn. Publicly, the damage was done. Starmer failed again. 

They are appalling communicators. Nobody has a clue what they stand for. This simply isn’t a democratic socialist party. It’s the Lib Dems with more parliamentary seats, it’s the ‘left Tories’ like Greg Clark, it’s Chuka Umunna, Change UK, and absolutely *everything* that any socialist should oppose. 

I want to finish with the desperate situation of the refugees in the English Channel. 

When the leader of Her Majesty’s Opposition is being out-performed by an ice cream company, or Marcus Rashford, or even Piers fucking Morgan, you are fully entitled to ask where the opposition is. You pay them well. You are entitled to feel let down, angry, and you are entitled to feel utterly betrayed by this disgraceful attempt at forming a cohesive functioning opposition. 

We do not need Tory lickspittles. We do not need Rachel Reeves, or Wes Screeching, and we certainly don’t need nuke-us-all Nandy. 

We need proper opposition, not one that is designed to keep the media moguls happy, and not one whose policy is controlled by the corporation cash of wealthy donors. 

We want you to ask what YOU can do to help the refugees. No sound bites. These humans need our help, and the Labour Party should be leading the way.

For the love of God, Sir Keir Starmer, do something or be remembered as the weakest Labour leader in living memory. Show some passion, for the love of god, show some bloody passion. #RageOfTheBeige

Take care folks, I’ll be back soon! 

Rachael x 

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