“In a time of universal deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act” – George Orwell
We need to talk about Kevin. No sorry, not Kevin the titular character in the psychodrama novel and film – Keir. We need to talk about Keir. Keir Hardy was a decent bloke. A Scotsman who represented both English and Welsh constituencies before petty nationalism did its best to divide the United Kingdom and at a time when working class representation was in its infancy. Indeed he was the first leader of what came to be known as The Labour Party. Top man. But sadly we’re not here to talk about that Keir either. We have been thinking of late of a Keir who seems to be embroiled in a psychodrama in real life. We can’t see his life being a bestselling book or film but he does need talking about.
What we are alluding to is Keir the toolmaker’s son. And allude we do: although our ancestral home Americana-UK Towers doesn’t display flags or political posters we do pride ourselves at that particular architectural edifice in displaying good taste in music, good taste in the voluminous quantities of alcohol we consume and good taste in rational debate. Admittedly one of those statements may be erroneous…
So let’s consider Keir and why he’s here whilst we sip our beer and, maybe, shed a tear. Let’s do so without fear because enemies are near and we need to be clear.
Keir Starmer.
First: Keir won a landslide victory for the Labour Party at the last general election. Let’s be clear: no he didn’t. He ‘lucked’ in because after fourteen years of Tory misrule their own supporters failed to turn out to vote so disgusted were they with their corrupt and incompetent heroes. Keir got fewer votes than ‘his mate Jeremy’ in both elections that ‘his mate Jeremy’ stood in. Keir’s share of the vote actually went down. It’s baffling that more isn’t made of this.
Second: Keir was elected leader of his party with an overwhelming mandate. Well he won but at what cost? Clearly at the cost of reneging on nine of his his ten pledges to his party’s membership. That wasn’t a good start in persuading folk that he could be trusted, eh? Promises are supposed to be kept, no? If you say you’re going to do something then at least make an attempt, however feeble.
Third: Keir was loyal to his former friends. Obviously ‘friend’ is a moveable feast in Keir’s world. He wasted no time in throwing his former leader, friend and colleague under a bus. Indeed ‘his mate Jeremy’ wasn’t just dispensed with he was positively damned using their mutual enemies tropes of antisemitism (despite the independent report saying that this shouldn’t happen). No matter – Project Keir demanded it and apparently had the numbers to back it up in terms of mandate.
Fourth: Keir has ‘owned’ the results of the latest local council elections. Fair enough but has he also owned the fact that Labour (post May 2026) have 6,000+ councillors, the Conservatives have 4,000+ councillors, Liberal Democrats have 3,000+ councillors, Reform-UK have 1,000+ councillors, the Greens have 800+ councillors and Independents have 1,900+ councillors. The last local election was not a general election and indeed not very many council elections were held (many fewer than half). Where was that mentioned?
Fifth: Keir is by profession a human rights lawyer and was latterly Director of Public Prosecutions. Not necessarily occupations demanding a command of advanced mathematics. Phew. But he did get knighted for services to such things. And then he went an approved his friend David Lammy’s plan to scrap jury trials in some instances. Er…also failed to spot the appointment to high office of someone who had been serially sacked from previous political situations for wrongdoings. We weren’t expecting tardiness from a supposed laser sharp mind.
Sixth: Keir is a member of Labour Friends of Israel. Only two Labour leaders since 1948 haven’t been members of Labour Friends of Israel – Michael Foot and Jeremy Corbyn. That banner shown on recent news reports shouting ‘Keir Starmer, Jew Harmer’ was possibly inaccurate. We didn’t see that being challenged regardless of the fact that Keir’s closest people are of Jewish heritage. He did, of course, ban Palestine Action which had the net effect of seeing pensioners being arrested for wearing t-shirts with the wrong message on them.
Seventh: Keir has overseen some decent things of late – rise in minimum wage, more protection of workers due to government legislation, more protection of renters due to government legislation, more accountability in tax affairs (like farmers) whilst maintaining preferable conditions (like farmers), an increase in doctors’ pay, an increase in nurses’ pay, scrapping the ban on onshore wind farms (and facilitating a 200% increase in renewable energy approvals), bringing railways back into public ownership, removing the last remaining hereditary peers, refusing to back an insane war in the middle east (sort of), the best growth in the G7 economies of late and managing to talk like a robot. And in fact look like a robot. And in fact speak words which have no substance or meaning like a robot. We are so sorry to reduce this to a personal attack but what do you think the original Keir would have stood for?
For pity’s sake – we know that any sort of leader of any sort of progressive party is going to have to come up against an anti-progressive establishment. The MSM of fame – which pretty much includes all of the print and broadcast media. They will be against you. And they will nag and bleat and crow until you ultimately fail. And by our calculation you have failed – you kowtowed to those people. You (in an interesting twist) bent the knee to them. Sadly you are not the man for the job. Nice try.
And no – we don’t know who the best person the job is either before you ask. It sucks to be us…
