Keir Starmer: The Tories are in a ‘ridiculous spiral of desperation’

“I think it’s laughably ridiculous that this is even being talked about.”
Keir Starmer slams the Conservative Party for claiming he'll be a 'part-time prime minister.'
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[@daviddunmore8415]

Why is Rishi pushing Tax cuts - we want services (NHS/Transport /sewers and everything else that actually works.

[@petyrkowalski9887]

Exactly.. things that work..not bribes

[@johnny71c]

Well get used to higher taxes then if you want those things

[@giancarloc1985]

As someone that lives in America, that sounds like something I've heard ad nauseum from a certain party. Supposedly by cutting taxes, prosperity is supposed to trickle down sometime in the next century lol

[@glynsmith4590]

But its money that fires him, nothing else - no ethics, no honour, not even ideology!!!

[@Withnail1969]

We can't afford them unfortunately.

[@pete__wild]

This man is clearly not perfect, but an honest man not steeped in extreme ideology would be 1000x better than the conservatives.

[@jfedererj]

In my experience ideology and pragmatism seldom go hand-in-hand. To that end, I'm personally quite looking forward to having a PM who isn't a staunch ideologue of some persuasion.

[@ScruffyTubbles]

@@jfedererj I think I agree. I haven't voted for him but nevertheless he seems quite reasonable.

[@AlexanderHL1919]

Cope. Reform will win.

[@louisstanhope2618]

@@AlexanderHL1919 I'm sure this will age well

[@marshgatelaneposse]

Property magnate huge land owner no different

[@ipohtennischannel5482]

Wouldn't it be great to see a real journalist asking a series of real questions about important issues? Wouldn't it be great?

[@SlowhandGreg]

such as?

[@ipohtennischannel5482]

@@SlowhandGreg "Are you moving a dog into Number Ten?"

[@SlowhandGreg]

@@ipohtennischannel5482 He didn't ask what kind it was what's your beef? All you need to know is in the manifesto and I could tell you where there going to get extra money from if you like?

[@paulsimin-gv6jj]

VOTE REFORM DO NOT LISTEN TO THE LIES

[@harrypainter7472]

@@ipohtennischannel5482 At least he didn't do any Gotcha's

After 18.00 he knocks off as he has to get home...Upstairs!

[@davidhayes4814]

“for whom the bells tolls, it tolls for thee”. ….. so written 400 years ago. This country needs helped out of a mess, the cause of which is rather complicated. I am not sure that jeering at the opposition helps. It is a mindset which would not be tolerated elsewhere.

[@davidmurphy563]

He needs to ignore the Tories and focus on a more positive message about why we should vote for him.

[@theumarianmeme1483]

😂 You think he's going to help you? Tony Blair 2.0

[@paulharrison9030]

He literally just said that

[@theumarianmeme1483]

@@paulharrison9030 Starmer knows he's more or less won without earning it. He's just wasting time with this one.

[@martinwilliams9866]

Whether I want change depends on the specific type of change concerned. If it's good change for me I want it, if it's bad change for me, I don't!

[@MrDeadhead1952]

As far as I am concerned if the change means getting rid of the useless bunch we have got at the moment I say bring it on.

[@robcarrol]

Glitchy Rishi stuck on a monotonous loop of desperation.

[@angelaknight7184]

I hope you do what your saying ,our country is broken

[@glynsmith4590]

But Keir, they have crossed the line with the lying phase, don't let them forget it. They can never again be respected as honourable opponents!!!!!

[@BonaFide54]

this video starts at 0:52

[@lesterfalcon1350]

I tried posting up start times for a while, hoping it would catch on, and then hopefully them dropping the waste of time. Some are over 2 minutes, and then that section is really early in the interview.

[@BonaFide54]

@@lesterfalcon1350 it really frustrates me that you get this weird sense of deja Vue

[@andrewharvey3282]

People are expecting results.

[@zigatone2022]

Like a battered boxer Sunak hasn’t the energy to fight the final round and throws in the towel.

[@annagilda1]

In fairness, Mr starmer hasn't campaigned in a particularly positive light. I understand the conservatives need to go, but I still don't really know what a labour government will mean.

[@andrewfanning3280]

Competent Government

[@annagilda1]

@andrewfanning3280 yeah, that's a very fair comment indeed.

[@geofflittler2035]

If you spent a little bit less making inane comments on You Tube and took a look at the Labour manifesto then you might get an idea about what they stand for.

[@annagilda1]

@@geofflittler2035 aaah yes. Nice insult. Fair play to you. I'm not even in the UK. I'm just watching from afar.

[@_andytang_]

​@@annagilda1strange comment when you admit to watching from afar, but haven't read or heard anything on the manifesto, but have an opinion about Labour's campaigning.

[@theumarianmeme1483]

He's deliberately wasting time till Thursday. Tony Blair 2.0

[@martinanderson4832]

nearly over folks , just get out and vote.....then move to Australia

[@user-yt1cn5gd2s]

Not a huge fan of Starmer but I really enjoyed this interview. He came across really well

[@Bespoke2]

This is what happens when you know you're going to lose, were always going to lose and can do nothing about it, except these risible desperate smears on Keir!

[@daveoliver5838]

Was he under orders, there was no need to call an early election ?

[@rw2578]

VOTE Starmer, Starmer, Starmer chameleon. YOU know he deserves your vote. YOU know you can trust this man. YOU know I have a bridge for sale. OH and Rishi is just perfect.... Take a look at a good independent if you have one. If not stay at home as these people YOU deserve much better.

[@IanScout1]

Ridiculous indeed, Bye Bye Tory Clowns😂

[@kevinwalton4538]

It’s fine when Tory’s win by 80 seats ……..Sunak, get on the first plane out .

[@user-hw7ny8ts3z]

Yes - out to Rwanda maybe?

[@Stabe1981]

I thought beer gate was on friday. I thought he doesnt work on a friday. He is such a low life 😂😂😂😂

[@johnny71c]

Like all woke lefties

[@SuperSupermanX1999]

@@johnny71c spending time with your family is woke now?

[@Lynnefromlyn]

@@SuperSupermanX1999 he/it is an ignorant bot, programmed to only spit out one of half a dozen sound bites. Don’t worry, it’s not sentient. 😂

[@Lynnefromlyn]

@Stabe1981 yu haven’t been around long enough to have an opinion abut politics, and you clearly don’t understand the subject you are trying to comment on. Low life? Get real!

[@geraldthomas9281]

It would be a result that there will be a lot of people crying in their beer down the pub.

[@user-hw7ny8ts3z]

Yes - with Nigel Farage (pint in hand)!

[@jp7357]

Amazing how starmer can say he would like Friday night for his family and the Tories manage to alienate the Jewish comminuted, historically one of the biggest supporter cohorts.

[@geraldthomas9281]

Think Brexit just before you vote.

[@AlexanderHL1919]

Thanks. I almost forgot to vote Reform.

[@Boghopper9999]

​@@AlexanderHL1919oh, addicted to harming the country then; well, at least you are consistent I guess

[@robba1234]

Sorry he should have supported the unions. He is the best of a really bad bunch, not saying much is it, smug, and not in a great position to be so

[@ehnowthen]

Vote Reform

[@In_Paradiso58]

Sorry, Spirit says 'NO'...Over n Owt...

[@Boghopper9999]

Nah, I don't vote for Putin apologists who want to privatise the NHS

[@pennymcneela7095]

I'll be voting for Reform UK.

[@Lynnefromlyn]

Welcome to fascism then. Do you really understand what reform is about? Privatisation of the NHS and imposing an American style health insurance system which all our American friends say avoid at all costs!

[@Boghopper9999]

Ok then, I'm sure Mr Coutts bank account really cares about your lot in life

[@SMoggyinski]

For a party 41 of whose candidates have links to a literal Fascist organisation (the NBU)? Yep, that's really something to be proud of, isn't it ..

[@chriswatts1680]

Not half as ridiculous than liebour having a large majority😊

[@darkzentai7417]

That’s good advice from Rishi Sunak don’t sleep walk into something you don’t want like Brexit.

[@Azimuth47]

Democracy works when people vote...if you don't like the outcome, it doesn't mean people didn't make the right choice, by "sleepwalking" into it. You are entitled to your opinion and choice, but so are others. To silence your opposition in any way, is as near to dictatorship/totalitarianism as the you will ever get.

[@darkzentai7417]

@@Azimuth47 absolutely great. I’ve got my voting card ready for Thursday. The problem with all of it was politicians lie. Brexit was a fantastic example of that. Farage and Boris lied their teeth and so we ended up going down a horrible path because people were misinformed. But then if you tell people you’re going to improve their lives, a lot of them don’t care on the how.

[@nevillespence6101]

All irrel;evant , Vote Reform

[@paulnickelles207]

Another blair in disguise

[@Boghopper9999]

So he will help fight child poverty then; cool

[@Lynnefromlyn]

Great! Fully funded public services and an NHS to be proud of! Bring it on!

[@khairulnaeim756]

Maybe they already have. .... Magic 🪄

[@sarahosman4933]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@wanderingtravellerAB99]

"supermajority", or as we normally would say "majority"

[@Azimuth47]

What is a dictatorship if not an unchallenged majority. If Labour win by such a vast majority, it means they can run the country how they see fit, with little opposition to keep them in check. An unchecked Government is a dangerous one.

[@MrDeadhead1952]

In the real world a big majority is as much a curse as a benefit to a government. It means having large numbers of neophyte MP's who need to be shown the ropes, it's hard to manage and with large numbers on the backbenches there is a risk of factionalism.

[@Boghopper9999]

When does a stonking majority become a supermajority; 81 seats and above majority I guess.

[@AgentGreyFox]

And so should the Tories get the blame.

[@daveoliver5838]

0:08 looks so fake, so manufactured. How did he get to be Labour Party leader?

[@dianeirvine7624]

Don’t laugh at me cause I’m a tool

[@KevinMeeds]

Sorry, I'm afraid we are laughing at you, but thank you for your honesty - tool...

[@leakoe3797]

He is talking through his HAT. Wouldn't vote Labour..cos he couldn't promise that his party are raising taxes AGAIN..so he said in TV..!!

[@Lynnefromlyn]

Jesus wept! Incoherent babble just complaining about….what? Just read what you’ve written. It makes no sense whatsoever.

[@Lynnefromlyn]

Only the seriously deluded think that you can restore public services without raising taxes . The very poor won’t be paying tax any way, and the very rich will be paying more. Don’t criticise what you don’t understand.

[@petethefeet1461]

Labour and Cons have a track record of lies and ignorance on an otherworldly level is it time for a change give someone else a chance Definition of an idiot ... repeating the same thing expecting a different result

[@petyrkowalski9887]

BS… the cons do as does Farage who is an inveterate liar.

[@Lynnefromlyn]

Your comment is ignorant on another level! Maybe you aren’t old enough to remember how well Labour governed from 1997 -2010. Public services fully funded, the NHS well staffed and some incredible innovations serving individuals and the communities, libraries, youth clubs -all funded and doing the job they were meant to do. It wasn’t Labour who closed libraries, fire stations, police stations, all the Sure Start Centres, or discarded the process of removing RAAC from school buildings…no that was the tories. So your silly comment doesn’t refer to Labour because you clearly don’t know all the positive things they did for the country.

[@petethefeet1461]

@@Lynnefromlyn I am indeed older than I care to admit and thank you.. ignorance is alive and well

[@petethefeet1461]

@@Lynnefromlyn i am old enough to been working in Germany when the wall came down! old enough to of worked in northern island when they blew Newtonards to bits . old enough to have dear friends that served in Iraq after Labour sent them to look for non existent wmd's they returned broken men ! old enough to witness the mad open door policy on immigration.. don't call my life experiences silly .. btw have you worked in the same town all your life ?

[@Uno-1968]

R.e.f.o.r.m. UK 🇬🇧

[@jeremymanson1781]

Reform Ltd 🇷🇺

[@benji.B-side]

The Tories message of it'll be worse under Labour is not working with public opinion. 14 years of Tory neglect and the state they have the country in, truly has the public wanting change from this. Labour won't be perfect, there will be not quick fix, but they will stop the rot and hopefully start fixing the destruction the Tory Party will leave behind and bring about a better change and opportunity, especially for the disadvantage and poor.

[@user-hw7ny8ts3z]

They're not Tories - They're "Con"servatives!!!

[@user-hw7ny8ts3z]

ThecTor

[@user-hw7ny8ts3z]

The Tory party has done enough "robbing" for far too long!

[@paulcombs-bomuse6172]

Of course as an American Citizen, I cannot vote in this election, but I do like Kier Starmer and don’t understand the talk about him being bland and uninteresting.

[@mikefoster6018]

Glad to see the Tories go, but Labour could get up to all sorts of mischief with a big majority and so few policy promises. Let's hope they remember that they (presumably) will only have achieved voting plurality, not actual voting majority.

[@Boghopper9999]

Did you complain about Johnsons 80 seat majority or is 81 the magic number?

[@mikefoster6018]

@@Boghopper9999 Neither. What a weird question. Did I say something inaccurate or unfair?

[@Lynnefromlyn]

😂@mikefoster6018. Oh lord, another one spitting out the sound bites he heard on the telly! You really shouldn’t use expressions you don’t understand.

[@mikefoster6018]

@@Lynnefromlyn Educate us on what expression I misused, please. And on why my expressions must have been derived from television.

[@s0ycapitan]

Both red and blue brands of the Uniparty are in decline. The only "change" party is Reform.

[@storm21410]

We've had Reform in government for 45 days when Truss got in, what a spectacular attempt of economic suicide Never again

[@s0ycapitan]

​@@storm21410 Liz Truss isn't a Reform candidate. In fact voters should tick the box for Toby McKenzie who I believe is the Reform PPC for her constituency.

[@Lynnefromlyn]

@@s0ycapitanyou don’t understand nuance, do you? Oh dear. But to your nonsense about Labour and Tories being the same. - load of cobblers! And we certainly don’t want Reform aka the British Fascist Party in the country! You don’t even now what you are voting for!

[@s0ycapitan]

@@Lynnefromlyn Calling a common sense centre right party "fascist" is the kind of silly polemic the British public are completely sick of. We don't care because it's nonsense. Hopefully Labour get a massive bloody nose same as the Tories. You had an actual socialist as leader and got rid of him for a multimillionaire empty suit.

[@douglasfielder4621]

The Tories HAD a super majority and did nothing with it.

[@rogerlidster6184]

A Tory plant

[@cybersurf5]

Or, now stay with me here, perhaps, just perhaps, they are actual genuine people who say what they believe. Not everything is a conspiracy

[@Boghopper9999]

Ficus (aka Fucus) plant. Next question please!

[@fredholmes6284]

Kier Starmer is in battle mode for the election but clocks off at 18:00 on Friday's ..😂

[@henresearch]

That's what a decent family man would if he understands work-life balance.

[@michaeldick6227]

He wants a couple of hours with his family out of a 168-hour week. What a monster, eh?

[@Lynnefromlyn]

You do know that ALL politicians clock off early on Friday afternoon and go to their constituencies, don’t you? What a ludicrous comment youve made.

[@NorthysTarot]

John Major + Kryton From Red Dwarf + Chronic Nasal allergies = Keir Starmer

[@stevensutton4677]

5th July: "Ah. Smug mode."

[@jimmeltonbradley1497]

That's not how you spell Kryten. If you're going to declare your views to the public, the least you can do is sort out your written English.

[@jeremymanson1781]

Someone needs to tell you that an election is not a beauty contest. Oh hang on - I just did 🤔

[@Roger-mx1ff]

Vote REFORM 4th july people and stop the madness

[@Lynnefromlyn]

You mean the Fascist Party! No thanks, our parents and grandparents kicked the fascists out 70 years ago, we don’t want them back!

[@philipbroggio9315]

Reform are the madness. It's all about NF s ego.

[@Roger-mx1ff]

@@philipbroggio9315 if you say so kid 🤪

[@KevinMeeds]

nearly right - you meant start instead of stop, brexit boy

[@philipbroggio9315]

@@Roger-mx1ff I am 70 !!!!!

[@AnonAnonUK2024]

If this all the dirt they can rake up, tells me Labour is fairly clean, they get my vote. Everyone calling this anything but anti semitism.

[@paulsimin-gv6jj]

VOTE REFORM DO NOT LISTEN TO THE LIES

[@Azimuth47]

OR maybe they're good at hiding it and abetted by Sky News, BBC etc.

[@artistreality]

Don't forget you 17million+ Brexit voters. Get out and vote Reformuk on election day and sing to the tune of Frank Sinatras 'I did it my way' "But through it all, when there was doubt We stood for change, no backing out We faced it all, together tall Vote Reform UK".

[@SlowhandGreg]

There's only around 14 million left and most of those are pensioners a good few who have had their retirement plans wrecked by the 90 day rule and Truss's economic event. Brex1t is DOA everyone can see it's a complete failure the only positive thing is it's going to destroyed the Tories

[@johnmarrs9823]

There is no accounting for your stupidity.

[@jeremymanson1781]

😂🤡

[@paulsimin-gv6jj]

VOTE REFORM DO NOT LISTEN TO THE LIES

[@jeremymanson1781]

Hate to tell you but near to 3 million of those brexit voters are no longer with us 🪦. And an increasing majority have agreed that bexshit was a mistake, since way back in 2020.

[@johncritcher5064]

REFORMS got my vote 100%

[@AgentGreyFox]

ReFUK the country

[@SlowhandGreg]

@@AgentGreyFox exactly we did it in 2016 now bend over and let us do it again

[@Dude-etiquette]

Yeah cause brexit worked out well for the UK. Farage is just extreme wannabe Trump

[@Dude-etiquette]

Racist

[@johnmarrs9823]

There is no accounting for some peoples stupidity.

[@carealto1]

Since Cameron's foolish attempt to assuage the far right (Brexit vote), the Conservatives have lurched further and further from the centre ground. As a lifelong Conservative voter until the last general election, I don't see a path for them which would ever result in me voting for them again. Labour have demonstrated that a move back towards the political centre ground has brought support - let's hope the far left don't take over once they are in office.

[@No2traitor]

Vote Reform Party 🥳

[@chrimbus71]

2 days to go. Emily thornberry, dianne abbott, ed milliband, angela eagle, angela rayner and david lammy. What a team! Nasty, thick, arrogant and will be absolutely useless

[@hammondpickle]

You haven't listed the room temperature IQ geniuses we've had over the past 14 years I notice. Any of those people versus Liz "Wensleydale" Truss would end very badly for Truss. But you lot voted her in as PM! As for when Dominic Raab was in the room, I guess they opened the window during February and turned on the aircon.

[@accomuk]

like yourself chrimbus71?

[@chrimbus71]

​@@hammondpickle you seem triggered. The cons have been cons and have been useless, stumber and his team will reach new heights. What a bunch of clowns he has under his big top.

[@chrimbus71]

​@@accomuksuch wit

[@paulnewman2000]

@@hammondpickle Not to mention Nadine Dorries and David 'I don't have to be very clever to do my job' Davis.

[@piccalillipit9211]

*Reform candidate* "This leopard's eating face party is full of leopards who want to eat your face...!!!"

[@Azimuth47]

Incoherent mumbo jumbo, are you a Labour voter by any chance?!

[@piccalillipit9211]

@@Azimuth47 No its not - you just dont understand it.

[@Azimuth47]

@@piccalillipit9211 It's very poorly written...who exactly were you quoting?

[@Azimuth47]

Grammar and punctuation is all over the place. Should it have read "This face-eating Leopard party is full of Leopards who want to eat your face" Otherwise it looks as though there are a number of faces looking to eat Leopards...it's juxtaposed and a grammatical mess. 1/10 for lack of effort.

[@piccalillipit9211]

@@Azimuth47 Translation "I looked it up and now I see what he is referencing and I need to find a way to still look clever, Ill attack his grammar"

[@jandavies4400]

Don’t wanna part-time p.m. we want reform

[@geofflittler2035]

I don't want Deform Ltd

[@richardmerriman4347]

Part time pm because he wants to spend an evening with his family.Poor bloke can't win.If he didn't he would be accused of being a bad family man.😮

[@jandavies4400]

@@richardmerriman4347 when you take the job as Prime Minister the country comes first if he doesn’t get that then he’s in the wrong job, isn’t he?

[@jeremymanson1781]

Reform Ltd is another Fartage empty promises scam. Don't fall for it.

[@jandavies4400]

@@geofflittler2035 then vote for reform don’t vote for labour

[@AlexanderHL1919]

Keir can pretend to be a real person all he wants, but his party of antisemites will never have my vote. I'm voting Reform. End the madness.

[@KevinMeeds]

Sir Kier to you, gammon boy.

[@AlexanderHL1919]

​@@KevinMeeds Oh, now you're Monarchists? Must be election season. Going back to being antisemites and commies on the 5th though, right?

[@chickenbites8877]

Sunak was attacking Kier in the Daily Fail today, for wanting to go home at 6pm on a Friday evening to spend time with his family. It was truly the saddest act of a desperate Tory party

[@MrDeadhead1952]

It's a bit rich when earlier in the campaign he was saying he quite liked that Starmer wanted to maintain his family as far as he can.

[@michaeldick6227]

The thing is, “go home at 6pm” makes no sense. He’ll be in Downing Street, London with a phone in his pocket and easily contactable if a crisis happens.

[@chickenbites8877]

@@MrDeadhead1952 indeed! They don’t call him Rishi Rich for nothing you know 🤑

[@monkeyboy8424]

Ritchie Sunak's biggest lie to Britain; "Government integrity, professionalism and accountability at every level" - 25/10/22 outside number 10.

[@TheDaveCalaz]

Say what you like, but he's normal, he's a real person and he's a decent man. He hasn't and won't get everything right but it's going to be a damn sight better than what we've had. For the first time in almost 10 years I actually feel hopeful for the country.

[@larrygerry985]

Keir is a creepy power hungry egomaniac.

[@SlowhandGreg]

Let's hope he's good at it then

[@jonm7272]

Funny how tory bots always project their own failures onto someone else. The entire tory front bench are power hungry, politically vacuous, ego maniacs with no interest except using division to distract the population while they divert all the money to their own offshore bank accounts.

[@Mark-it6ue]

You think Tories go into Politics to do good I bet

[@francisravenscroft-dw6gi]

and , liz truss was a total sweatheart, Boris was a cuddly bear......

[@johnmarrs9823]

There's no accounting for your stupidity.

[@accomuk]

A far better interview performance than any Sunak has done.

[@gheorghealexandrucrisan7549]

Good luck Kier Starmer!

[@elliotwilmo1286]

He is the Southgate of leaders. Boring - but comparative to history the man who will do much better than his predecessors.

[@paddyandhisguitar2831]

Backhanded compliment

[@kevinnolan1339]

There appear to be quite a few Putin/Farage bots trying their best here. Give it up it lads, you'll only do yerselves an injury😅.

[@markguest2698]

Unfortunately we can't respond to you as we are just bots, vote Reform everybody

[@tonylloyd9285]

The Conservatives need to be bought to justice for the corruption that they are responsible for.