That Starmer fella...

Tony Blair seemed to get wheeled out every time there was a big story about Brexit or Labour divisions.

Funny they're not asking him to comment as much on sleaze or cash for honours stories.

She's just better... than Starmer is

FTFY @ReekBlefs with some slightly selective quoting ;)

She has said herself that she is a fighter, whereas Sir K is analytical and logical. She has also said that both of those things are better suited for a non-pandemic situation where she can take the fight to the government*.

I honestly think she should be the next Labour leader and the next PM. She is warm, human, honest and often undiplomatic, but so across her brief it's amazing.

*source (which is really worth watching)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zU_bZcsLsjo

If Starmer is cheese and pickle Rayner is the Classic Madrid ‘Bocadillo De Calamares’ from Dom's Subs.

(Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/CWQFm4eIfnQ/)

Lols. I do think she's much better than Starmer at PMQs and at coming across like a decent, admirable human being - Starmer is a bit robotic. But I also think Starmer is more considered which seems to land better with the cheese and pickle brigade. The tories might be scum but it was electorally unsensible to say so while a camera was rolling.

And I think that's a really good combo for a PM and dep PM. I call it the mullet: business up front and party in the back. It worked for Blair and Smith - all suits and teeth in the streets, two jags and a left hook in the sheets.

Smith

Prescott?

I'm an idiot, yes

Has Starmer got a new comms/messaging team around him? The way he’s handling the current narratives seems sharper and more coherent.

I think he's got more confident too. PMQs usually has one fluffed line or stutter, usually the most important one, but yesterday's was flawless imo. Got the tone and delivery bang on.

It comes across as a different approach for sure but I think it's more that the Tory's are fucking up on issues that people actually care about which means that Starmer can afford to give it both barrels when still 900 days away from an election. The theory is that it's counterproductive to push hard on issues that voters don't care about and there have been a lot of those in recent times.

There's also been the fact that being opposition leader during a time of national crisis ties your hands a bit. Attlee would not have swept to power if he'd spent WW2 telling the British people that Churchill was an incompetent drunk who killed millions, no matter how arguably true that might be.

The thing about the Tories acting as though the crisis is over is that it means that the opposition gets to act as though the crisis is over too. I suspect the govt may live to regret that decision.

Delicious PMQs today.

I'm enjoying it now, I can't believe Boris is doubling down.

I can't believe Boris is doubling down.

Just came here to say this. He's properly cornered now.

Weird how several people who attended one of these parties that didn't happen think that Johnson turned up to give a quick speech at one of them.

It's days like today I wish I had a tory MP I could write abusive emails to.

Where do your relatives live?

My MP is the cunt Rees Mogg, have written to him a few times and been fobbed off with grade A bullshit

Not a fan of Wes Streeting but he was on R4 earlier and was really effective at putting the boot in, I bet he's an annoying prick in real life.

The speaker often calls him out for being a prick on the front bench. He’s one of those jeering types.

He hit the EXACT right tone on R4 this morning. Tories may regret not sending anyone.

Whilst super spreading Covid in my home town earlier this week, there was yet another Starmer/Labour re-launch. You had three things to remember Kier, three things!

https://twitter.com/olafdoesstuff/status/1478344439143800832?s=20

Every Labour knows you have to carve these things into a runestone if you want them to be memorable.

I hope he has got some banger questions lined up for PMQ's tomorrow.

Starmer’s opening was a banger. Prime time stuff, this.

Starmer’s opening was a banger

Fnar.

If he survives this one, a lot of awful people will be inspired to go for PM.