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Starmer being booed on the Royal Variety this evening.

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Netcurtainnelly · 21/12/2025 23:29

When one of the Dead Ringers did an impression of Keir Starmer on the RVP tonight there was alot of booing.
ITV kept it in too.
How embarrassing for Starmer.

Says alot though about what people think of Starmer.😀

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SeaAndStars · 22/12/2025 14:55

EasternStandard · 22/12/2025 14:50

I was thinking the same of you with the endless Labour points. But ok graduate jobs has done it, not much more to say on how badly that’s going. Fine

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Graduate jobs are still above pre pandemic levels.

Yes, those lists of actions are pesky I'm sure when you have an axe to grind.

Did do seem remarkably unrealistic in your expectations of how quickly and universally things can be turned around.

If you only ever focus on the negative you will always see that.

If you relentlessly neglect to accept the positive, there is no point talking to you.

Upstartled · 22/12/2025 14:54

SeaAndStars · 22/12/2025 14:50

I wonder how many people know what's actually being done, how many people have measurable objectives and how many actually study metrics.

😁 Right, that must be what it is. 🤣

Maybe thirty percent of people did know what was going on and then failed to know what's going on since October last year? 🤣

EasternStandard · 22/12/2025 14:50

SeaAndStars · 22/12/2025 14:49

You're a full time job mate.

I was thinking the same of you with the endless Labour points. But ok graduate jobs has done it, not much more to say on how badly that’s going. Fine

SeaAndStars · 22/12/2025 14:50

Upstartled · 22/12/2025 14:47

80% of people who think things are getting worse vs the 1% who think things are getting better tells you plenty about the booing too.

I wonder how many people know what's actually being done, how many people have measurable objectives and how many actually study metrics.

SeaAndStars · 22/12/2025 14:49

EasternStandard · 22/12/2025 14:47

Ik the policies and the figures. Have you looked at the most recent on graduate jobs? Today actually.

You're a full time job mate.

Upstartled · 22/12/2025 14:47

80% of people who think things are getting worse vs the 1% who think things are getting better tells you plenty about the booing too.

Starmer being booed on the Royal Variety this evening.
EasternStandard · 22/12/2025 14:47

SeaAndStars · 22/12/2025 14:46

Have you read anything I've posted about what is being done for business?

Additionally, improved workers rights and employment protection make life much better for those in employment.

Ik the policies and the figures. Have you looked at the most recent on graduate jobs? Today actually.

SeaAndStars · 22/12/2025 14:46

EasternStandard · 22/12/2025 14:43

Job figures are blunt, no amount of SM messaging will help there. Labour do seem to put everything out bar look at that.

Have you read anything I've posted about what is being done for business?

Additionally, improved workers rights and employment protection make life much better for those in employment.

EasternStandard · 22/12/2025 14:43

SeaAndStars · 22/12/2025 14:42

It's really clear that no amount of action is going to satisfy you.
I've tried to give a snap shot to no avail.

The list of actions is really impressive, especially against that of the previous incumbants.

Lot's more info available here for people actually interested in what is being achieved. https://whathaskeirdone.co.uk/

Job figures are blunt, no amount of SM messaging will help there. Labour do seem to put everything out bar look at that.

SeaAndStars · 22/12/2025 14:42

EasternStandard · 22/12/2025 14:38

Great. It still glosses over SMEs, hospitality and graduate jobs.

Plus going back to op even if some don’t mind Starmer being booed Labour will take more notice of losing votes next May.

It's really clear that no amount of action is going to satisfy you.
I've tried to give a snap shot to no avail.

The list of actions is really impressive, especially against that of the previous incumbants.

Lot's more info available here for people actually interested in what is being achieved. https://whathaskeirdone.co.uk/

This is what Keir Starmer has done for you so far

The Tories presided over 14 years of decline, undermined our public services, and wrecked our economy. Keir Starmer's Labour Government is getting on with the job, fixing the foundations of our country and delivering the long-term change Britain needs.

https://whathaskeirdone.co.uk

Upstartled · 22/12/2025 14:41

Only took four months for people to get sick of him.

Starmer being booed on the Royal Variety this evening.
EasternStandard · 22/12/2025 14:41

gamerchick · 22/12/2025 14:39

People want someone to blame on how shit life has got for them. Problem is there is no critical thinking anymore, or a way of seeing the bigger picture. Collectively, people are thick.

Remember people rang the police when KFC ran out of chicken..

Well yeh. If policies impact you, whether it’s jobs or livelihoods then it’s Labour in power. Some feel immune, not sure why but most can see how badly they’re doing.

gamerchick · 22/12/2025 14:39

Netcurtainnelly · 21/12/2025 23:37

Its neither here not there what I think.

It just shows how much hate there is out there for the real Keir Starmer.

People want someone to blame on how shit life has got for them. Problem is there is no critical thinking anymore, or a way of seeing the bigger picture. Collectively, people are thick.

Remember people rang the police when KFC ran out of chicken..

EasternStandard · 22/12/2025 14:38

SeaAndStars · 22/12/2025 14:25

As I said, my list was a post on MN and wasn't meant to be exhaustive, but since you ask -

  • £1 billion for the British Business Bank to enhance access to finance for smaller businesses through Start Up Loans, the ENABLE Build, the Growth Guarantee Scheme and the Life Sciences Investment Programme.
  • Capped the corporation tax at 25% for the current parliamentary term, the lowest in the G7.
  • Reforming the business rates system, which provides up to 40% off rates for around 250,000 small businesses.
  • introducing a new Business Growth Service, making it easier and quicker for SMEs to find government advice and support all under one roof , streamlining the government’s offer to small firms, saving them time and money.
  • Trade Strategy helping small businesses become “export ready”.
  • Tackling retail crime via new funding for prevention and police training, as well as ending the Tory policy that meant stolen goods worth under £200 weren’t investigated.
  • Freezing fuel duty to reduce costs.

Great. It still glosses over SMEs, hospitality and graduate jobs.

Plus going back to op even if some don’t mind Starmer being booed Labour will take more notice of losing votes next May.

R1nt1nt1n · 22/12/2025 14:37

SeaAndStars · 22/12/2025 14:13

Chelsea fans sang "Boris Johnson is a c*, he likes to have a party" regarding lockdown gatherings.

"Maggie, Maggie, Maggie, Out, Out, Out!"

"Maggie's dead, dead, dead" "Let's all do the conga, Maggie is no longer".and "Margaret Thatcher's dead, and now we're going to party". Liverpool supporters, following her death in 2013.

God Boris was chanted everywhere!

Alexandra2001 · 22/12/2025 14:35

Upstartled · 22/12/2025 14:33

Starmer is strikingly unpopular. His favouribility ratings look like like a black run at a ski resort since he became PM.

Yet when asked "who would make the best PM? Starmer, Farage or Badenoch.

Starmer led Farage by some margin and only recently has Farage got closer, with Badenoch no where.

Upstartled · 22/12/2025 14:33

Starmer is strikingly unpopular. His favouribility ratings look like like a black run at a ski resort since he became PM.

Alexandra2001 · 22/12/2025 14:32

Netcurtainnelly · 21/12/2025 23:37

Its neither here not there what I think.

It just shows how much hate there is out there for the real Keir Starmer.

Good attempt at slagging Starmer but since when was a partisan crowd indicative of support or not?

Corbyn at Glastonbury didn't translate to a GE win...

There is a determined effort to drive hatred towards Labour, with the media thinking that this will put the Tories back in power, might have worked a decade or two ago but now all it will lead to is a Farage led Government.

SeaAndStars · 22/12/2025 14:25

EasternStandard · 22/12/2025 11:24

Well it is as you’ve missed jobs and businesses out which is pretty crucial, you won’t last long paying for stuff as they drop.

As said if Labour really do have the same blind spot on that then it’s a major issue.

As I said, my list was a post on MN and wasn't meant to be exhaustive, but since you ask -

  • £1 billion for the British Business Bank to enhance access to finance for smaller businesses through Start Up Loans, the ENABLE Build, the Growth Guarantee Scheme and the Life Sciences Investment Programme.
  • Capped the corporation tax at 25% for the current parliamentary term, the lowest in the G7.
  • Reforming the business rates system, which provides up to 40% off rates for around 250,000 small businesses.
  • introducing a new Business Growth Service, making it easier and quicker for SMEs to find government advice and support all under one roof , streamlining the government’s offer to small firms, saving them time and money.
  • Trade Strategy helping small businesses become “export ready”.
  • Tackling retail crime via new funding for prevention and police training, as well as ending the Tory policy that meant stolen goods worth under £200 weren’t investigated.
  • Freezing fuel duty to reduce costs.
SeaAndStars · 22/12/2025 14:13

OonaStubbs · 22/12/2025 14:06

I genuinely can't remember a PM being named in chants at sport events prior to Starmer. Which isn't to say it didn't happen.

Chelsea fans sang "Boris Johnson is a c*, he likes to have a party" regarding lockdown gatherings.

"Maggie, Maggie, Maggie, Out, Out, Out!"

"Maggie's dead, dead, dead" "Let's all do the conga, Maggie is no longer".and "Margaret Thatcher's dead, and now we're going to party". Liverpool supporters, following her death in 2013.

OneDearWasp · 22/12/2025 14:10

I really can't get my head around people using words like hate, loathe, traitor or despise when referring to Starmer.
I think I'd reserve hatred for a few people like Stalin, Hitler, Pol Pot, Putin etc.

Booing a politicians mention is not at all unusual.

OonaStubbs · 22/12/2025 14:06

Hazlenuts2016 · 22/12/2025 13:06

You made a mental note of a comprehensive catalogue of public events in history and crowd responses to the PM of the time? Sounds more like confirmation bias to me.

I genuinely can't remember a PM being named in chants at sport events prior to Starmer. Which isn't to say it didn't happen.

Hazlenuts2016 · 22/12/2025 13:15

Dollymylove · 22/12/2025 13:12

Probably many of them have worked hard to get where they are and are wondering why the fuck they bothered 🤔

Or maybe they are hoping Farage will get in so that he can drop the facade of playing the working class hero, cut taxes for the wealthy (like his mate Tice), sell off the NHS to his mate Trump and drop the minimum wage.

Terrytheweasel · 22/12/2025 13:14

Prometheus78 · 22/12/2025 13:03

Thanks, sorry a follow up question - who is ‘we’?

Must confess, I am still not clear as to why the ‘shaggers’ though - I would understand ‘flag raisers’…

With respect, I don’t have time for the faux naivety. I think you can work out why people against racism might use a derogatory term to describe these people.

Dollymylove · 22/12/2025 13:12

Eggybreadwithnuts · 21/12/2025 23:44

Looking at the audience, most looked very wealthy!

Probably many of them have worked hard to get where they are and are wondering why the fuck they bothered 🤔