Tory MP Nick Timothy has accused Keir Starmer of delivering “a cynical masterclass in obfuscation” over his handling of the Southport attack. Despite knowing the attacker possessed a terror manual, manufactured ricin, and carried out a calculated stabbing spree, Starmer refused to label it a terror incident. Now the grandfather of one victim has accused Starmer of “protecting himself” rather than letting the truth about the killer emerge sooner…
Starmer’s record shows no hesitation in calling out terror incidents before charges or trials. After the 2017 Finsbury Park van attack, Starmer tweeted the same day, describing it as a “terrorist attack,” even though the attacker was initially charged with attempted murder rather than terror offences. It was only days later that terrorism charges were laid…
Similarly, following the 2017 London Bridge attack, Starmer immediately took to Twitter to call it a “terrorist attack” the day after it occurred, well before any court proceedings. He also happily commented on incidents long before any trials were concluded – two days after the Plymouth shootings in 2021, he condemned the violence as “further evidence of an extreme misogynist ideology which is riddled with hatred and incitement to violence”. If Starmer was so confident in labelling other incidents terrorism before formal charges, why the sudden silence after Southport?
The government’s excuse—that it couldn’t disclose the terror links without formal charges—rings hollow, especially given Theresa May’s transparency after the 2017 Parsons Green bombing. Meanwhile, some Labour MPs are quietly defending Starmer’s decision to keep the public in the dark, suggesting that revealing the attacker’s possession of an Al-Qaeda manual would have led to even worse rioting…
Reform MP Danny Kruger welcomed adult film star Bonnie Blue’s support for the party, adding:
“I’m not going to be judgemental about people who want to vote Reform. We want all the support we can get – quite like Bonnie Blue.”
