Just weeks ago, The Guardian featured a gushing account from Keir Starmer’s former senior advisers, bragging about how they were perfectly placed to help Kamala Harris in her campaign. The article begins with triumphant rhetoric: “Against all odds, Labour won a stunning landslide.” The reality is Labour’s projected vote share was actually higher than what Starmer delivered, with even Jeremy Corbyn outstripping that of the supposed Labour saviour….
The Labour aides – Deborah Mattinson, Starmer’s director of strategy for three years, and former director of policy Claire Ainsley – compared Kamala Harris to Starmer, proudly sharing that they were in Washington D.C. to “brief leading Democrats” on their project to help target Harris’ so-called “hero voters” – swing voters who care about the economy. They argued that Harris’ background would help her win over middle America. We all saw how that turned out…
Now, Starmer finds himself scrambling to show that he’s committed to the “special relationship” with the U.S., despite Labour’s recent history of anti-Trump rhetoric. One hundred Labour staffers were shipped off to help Harris, and Starmer’s right-hand man, Pat McFadden, is still refusing to say Trump is a not a Nazi. Labour’s deep-seated distaste for Trump doesn’t bode well for their claims of cherishing the UK-U.S. alliance. Time to roll out Farage?
Former leader of the SNP in Westminster Ian Blackford told Times Radio why he believes Nicola Sturgeon’s claim that she spent no time in the kitchen and therefore didn’t see any of her husband’s purchases:
“She doesn’t have a passion for cooking.”