Sir Kier Yawner!

[saintpeter48]

Just listened to the Labour leader on PMs questions, what a boring man he seems to be, one tone Starmer!
Labour have no hope under his leadership, looks like i'll be 'lending' my vote to the Tories for sometime to come.

[naomi24]

It covers any eventuality. Can't be bad.

[woofgang]

douglas.....KS didn't deny the phonecall or pursue the matter.

[Deskdiary]

I’m holding out a lot of hope for KS.

I’m a dyed in the wool Tory, but I firmly believe there needs to be a credible opposition and opposition leader, and let’s face it, he will be a country mile better than Corbyn the clown.

I heard the exchange about the letter, and he did let himself down a bit .

[tiggerblue10]

//tigs: "I'd rather him than Corbyn" - in the same way you'd rather have smallpox than ebola?//

I've never been a Labour supporter and doubt I'll ever change my mind, but I feel that Keir Starmer is more charismatic and credible as a leader than Corbyn who I found to be rather gormless.

Not sure about the smallpox and ebola reference but I'll take it in good humour.

[Peter Pedant]

// I just caught this gem KS "I wrote to you about re opening schools and you never replied" BJ "no because I phoned you" //

er yes or er no I thought it rather obvious that Bonker Boris phoned Starmer and talked about something else !

I thought he did rather well
but then. I listened to his questions and didnt take what Boris said as the absolute unvarnished truth....

[Peter Pedant]

// Not sure about the smallpox and ebola reference//
smallpox deffo
ebola untreated mortality is 60-80%
small pox up to 30%

when I was going infectious diseases at the isolation hospital in Tottenham, Saxena the consultant said he had written up a personal series of 50 000.
and 45 y later, with the wonders of the internet and only those data - here it is!
Br Med J . 1973 Jul 28;3(5873):236-7. doi: 10.1136/bmj.3.5873.236-c.
Smallpox S R Saxena

1975 all we cd say was - - 'oh'

[JimF]

Completely agree with the point about a country needing a strong opposition, including a strong leader of the opposition.

But it pains me to say that Starmer just isn't. Yes, pretty much anyone but Corbyn, but what I've seen and heard of him so far, Starmer is little more than a posh boy with a knighthood and a Savile Row suit.

Whatever you think of Blair, he'd have hauled Johnson over the coals over the clear mismanagement of the COVID-19 pandemic, not to mention Cummings-gate.

It is the duty of the opposition to oppose, after all.

[tomus42]

Kier Starmer isn't Jeremy Corbyn, and therefore he's actually electable. There's a long time to go until the next election though.

[JimF]

He'll have to actually do something first, though!

[tomus42]

This Daily Mail article appears to be saying Starmer put in a good performance, and it doesn't particularly show BJ in a good light. Yes, it's the Daily Mail, what's that all about?

[tomus42]

Forgot link, sorry

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/the-gloves-are-finally-off-keir-starmer-rattles-boris-johnson-over-covid-19-bame-deaths-track-and-trace-failures-and-schools-as-the-coronavirus-political-cease-fire-comes-to-an-explosive-end/ar-BB14YccP?ocid=spartandhp

[saintpeter48]

tiggerblue10; ''Keir Starmer is more charismatic and credible''
Dear oh dear, Starmer and Charismatic just don't go together, he's had a personality bypass!
One tone Starmer, he just drones on a nd on .......yawnnnn!

[jim360]

The Daily Mail seems to have swung a little away from the right in the last few months. I'm not sure if it's reactionary, owing to Coronavirus, or if it's something we'll see getting more noticeable in the next few years.

[tiggerblue10]

........compared to Corbyn!

[tomus42]

They certainly seem to have fallen out with Boris judging from the tone of that article. Perhaps it's to do with the Cummings thing.

[woofgang]

I think its to do with the selling newspapers thing

[tomus42]

// I think its to do with the selling newspapers thing //

How's it going to sell newspapers do you think?

[gollob]

Why does Sir Kier Starmer's hair look so lank and greasy. He must be waiting for the barbers to open again

[retrocop]

Blimey. He's really going through the assassination mill . As far as I'm concerned he is a model of sartorial elegance compared with Michael Foot,Kinnock and Corbyn. Perhaps he is an ex Brylcreem boy in another life.

[woofgang]

because controversy sells papers.