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Is Keir Starmer too boring to be prime minister?

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Tulipsroses · 29/12/2023 09:34

I was reading an article in the Spectator this morning. Interesting to hear what people think.

www.spectator.co.uk/article/is-keir-starmer-too-boring-to-be-prime-minister/

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sashagabadon · 29/12/2023 09:43

Yes he is, also unoriginal with terrible political instincts and judgement.
I think he is just the vehicle for a Tony Blair revival.

LambriniBobinIsleworth · 29/12/2023 09:42

I knew he was married— to Victoria— has two kids whose names aren't in the public sphere and that he was named for Keir Hardie. I knew where he was MP for too. I suggest the writer just isn't a fan of KS or is being deliberately obtuse.

AnnaMagnani · 29/12/2023 09:41

I think boring is a selling point TBH.

Look at the chaos Boris created. We need someone competent and interested in effective government not self promotion.

Vinvertebrate · 29/12/2023 09:40

Agree with @AIstolemylunch I’m afraid. I’ll be holding my nose whoever I vote for.

OliviaFlaversham · 29/12/2023 09:40

He is dull but that comes very low in the list of why I won’t be voting for him.

Philandbill · 29/12/2023 09:39

He is dull but I'd a thousand times rather have dull than the Tories for another four years. Angela Rayner isn't dull though.

EasternStandard · 29/12/2023 09:39

AIstolemylunch · 29/12/2023 09:38

I don't care that he's boring. I do care that he's inept, ineffective and presides over a cabinet that includes people who think men can have cervixes.

Yep

ACynicalDad · 29/12/2023 09:38

I don’t like him, I quite like Sunak but there are too many awful Tories, they need a clear out. Nobody I want to vote for, will be a least worst option. Pity the Lib Dems are a joke.

AIstolemylunch · 29/12/2023 09:38

I don't care that he's boring. I do care that he's inept, ineffective and presides over a cabinet that includes people who think men can have cervixes.

Maireas · 29/12/2023 09:37

Oh ffs. Boris wasn't boring - do you want him back?
I remember at the time of the 2010 election I knew someone who voted Conservative because she thought Gordon Brown was boring. Utterly ridiculous.

Faceache45 · 29/12/2023 09:36

I think he is really boring. There is nothing dynamic about him. Unfortunately, I also think he's morally corrupt. I don't want him to be prime minister but I want to vote Labour it's a conundrum.