Keir's first day....

[CurlewKate]

Looks pretty good to me! What are people's thoughts?

Leave booking is leave booking. Imagine being told you can't go to a family wedding that was booked months ago because you're now needed at work because another colleague is swanning off on holiday.

Who's been told they can't go to a family wedding? Is a political visit in front of the world's press a holiday?

How mean spirited some of you are

You'd be complaining if she didn't turn up to support him, wouldn't you?

Exactly this - if she gave up her job they'd be saying she was a bad feminist and not a good role model, if she kept her job and was never seen with her husband on important diplomatic occasions there would be gleeful crowing over the imagined decline of their marriage and if she tries to do both then people fabricate totally imagined scenarios about how she manages her annual leave leaving colleagues in the lurch as though their is any basis for saying so!

I imagine there was a discussion with her employer about what would happen if her husband became PM several months ago. After all it wasn’t entirely unexpected.

Leave booking is leave booking. Imagine being told you can't go to a family wedding that was booked months ago because you're now needed at work because another colleague is swanning off on holiday.

You think a diplomatic visit is a holiday? Or that she won’t have had the foresight to plan leave immediately following a general election in which her husband is predicted to become Prime Minister? Or that she won’t have discussed what that means with her employer? Have you any evidence that her absence is directly impacting other colleagues being able to take leave?

As far as I can see she was present on Election Day but not during the election campaign. It’s usual for the spouse of the Prime Minister to accompany their husband/wife for important meetings like NATO.
On the occasions when she does appear (which might not be frequent as she has a job and a family) I’m sure she will be a credit to this country.

I would imagine she has a bespoke agreement with her employer, much like those MPs who in the past have continued to work as doctors. It's typical Tory sour grapes to choose this pathetic line of attack. Maybe try going for policy, not person.

It's all they have left @pointythings

I know! MN smells like a chip shop with all that vinegar coming off right-wing (sorry, I mean centrist-but-vote-Tory-or-Reform) posters.

Particularly classy to attack Starmer's wife. And her working.

Agree with this 100%.
But please don't fall back into name calling and insulting people who didn't vote the way you did.
Just like pps on this thread were hypercritical of everything Conservatives did, non-Labour voters will be equally hypercritical of everything Labour does. It stands to reason.
I didn't vote for Labour and I did not want Starmer and Rayner leading the country, but that's democracy and I genuinely hope they do a good job.
Still don't get the hero worship and fawning one day into their term though!

Still don't get the hero worship and fawning one day into their term though!

After 14 years of being 'ruled' by incompetence, surely you can see why there's such pleasure in the results?

That was not directed at you by the way @WavingHomeComingQueens

PMs are traditionally given a bit of grace when they start out.

And so far, everything KS has done has shown him to be clear and competent.

So people are relieved and encouraged, which is not the same thing as fawning.

I can see the pleasure in the results, absolutely 100%.
But the mere act if being elected does not mean that all the plans will fall into place and everything will be lovely.
Some posters were speaking as if Labour's work was done just 12 hours into the job!
Honestly I really do wish Labour well and really hope they make things better but all the talk of 'grown-ups being in charge' is a bit premature I think.

Honestly I really do wish Labour well and really hope they make things better but all the talk of 'grown-ups being in charge' is a bit premature I think.

After the rhetoric of the last government and all the nonsense that went with it, to have someone come into leadership, appoint a cabinet with some knowledge of their portfolio, reflecting that government is about service and improving lives, being honest about the need to prioritise their efforts does feel like a mature approach to take. You can hardly say the last 5 years have been characterised by measure, honesty and maturity.

Even the football is going well for SKS. The economy improved in May and NATO seems to be pleased to meet him. A few weeks of sunshine next please!