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Starmer Christmas message 😳

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BeardofHagrid · 24/12/2024 12:51

What an odd video. Almost like a deepfake with sentences spliced together and lack of human warmth.

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PandoraSox · 27/12/2024 17:31

The version that @BeardofHagrid posted was edited by the Daily Mail I think @MrsKwazi

crockofshite · 27/12/2024 17:41

Alexandra2001 · 27/12/2024 17:28

You must feel quite proud of yourself taking the piss out of Kier Starmer, now knowing he was witnessing the death of his brother, looked after by nurses.

Hey judgy, I had no idea about his brother. Didn't even know he had one.

Crikeyalmighty · 27/12/2024 17:43

For people making horrible comments- I hope you feel a bit of a shit knowing now that his cancer suffering special needs brother died yesterday - I doubt he was exactly feeling 100% recording this

PandoraSox · 27/12/2024 17:59

crockofshite · 27/12/2024 17:41

Hey judgy, I had no idea about his brother. Didn't even know he had one.

He's mentioned him before in speeches, but I guess you were focused on the bits you could take the piss out of.

I wonder if anyone who was criticising Starmer's Christmas message will bother to come back and acknowledge that it may have been really difficult for him?

crockofshite · 27/12/2024 20:56

PandoraSox · 27/12/2024 17:59

He's mentioned him before in speeches, but I guess you were focused on the bits you could take the piss out of.

I wonder if anyone who was criticising Starmer's Christmas message will bother to come back and acknowledge that it may have been really difficult for him?

Edited

Is that you, Victoria?

BIossomtoes · 27/12/2024 20:58

crockofshite · 27/12/2024 20:56

Is that you, Victoria?

Oh how witty - do you not feel just a tinge of shame?

Alexandra2001 · 27/12/2024 21:17

crockofshite · 27/12/2024 17:41

Hey judgy, I had no idea about his brother. Didn't even know he had one.

Sure, but you made a nasty snide remark about him/his mother, without knowing anything about him or his situation.

The only person "judging" is you.

A better person would just admit they got it wrong, instead of going on the offensive.

.....and you re till doing it.

ilovesooty · 27/12/2024 21:27

crockofshite · 27/12/2024 20:56

Is that you, Victoria?

Why would you show yourself up like that? If you're like that in real life people will draw their own conclusions about you I suppose.

crockofshite · 27/12/2024 21:55

High horse - down boy

ilovesooty · 27/12/2024 21:57

crockofshite · 27/12/2024 21:55

High horse - down boy

Still showing yourself up. You're just demonstrating what you are.

BIossomtoes · 27/12/2024 21:59

ilovesooty · 27/12/2024 21:57

Still showing yourself up. You're just demonstrating what you are.

Best ignored.

ilovesooty · 27/12/2024 22:01

BIossomtoes · 27/12/2024 21:59

Best ignored.

Probably. The likes of that generally are.

BeAzureAnt · 27/12/2024 22:08

PandoraSox · 27/12/2024 15:26

No wonder he seems awkward in that video, given his brother was dying. It must have been really difficult for him to do it.

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PandoraSox · 27/12/2024 22:09

crockofshite · 27/12/2024 20:56

Is that you, Victoria?

Edited as @BIossomtoes is right. Best ignored.

BeAzureAnt · 27/12/2024 22:14

PandoraSox · 27/12/2024 15:26

No wonder he seems awkward in that video, given his brother was dying. It must have been really difficult for him to do it.

For those who want more information about the PM’s brother, see below.

A spokesperson for the prime minister said: “It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Nick Starmer. Nick, 60, died peacefully on the afternoon of December 26 after battling cancer. We ask for privacy for Nick’s wider family at this time.”
Starmer has spoken in the past. about his protectiveness towards* *Nick, who developed learning difficulties after complications during his birth.
At school, Nick was labelled “remedial” and told he would never be able to read, though he proved this wrong. He was put in a special group who took lessons at a village hall and did not sit exams, and he left school without any formal qualifications.
He later gained a technical qualification and worked in scrap cars and scaffolding, but he struggled in life. His lifelong health problems made it difficult for him to hold down a job long term . ..

The prime minister has used his brother’s story as an example of how people of working class do not always go on to lead more comfortable lives than their parents.
Speaking of his brother’s experience, he said: “The whole thing is so poignant … Nick has had a really tough life. So that dream our mum and dad had for us hasn’t come true. There’s this real, deep sadness in me about that for my brother, and for them.”

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/dec/27/keir-starmer-pays-tribute-to-brother-who-died-on-boxing-day

Keir Starmer pays tribute to brother who died on Boxing Day

Nick Starmer, 60, who had cancer, ‘met all the challenges life threw at him with courage and good humour’, says PM

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/dec/27/keir-starmer-pays-tribute-to-brother-who-died-on-boxing-day

crockofshite · 27/12/2024 22:27

ilovesooty · 27/12/2024 22:01

Probably. The likes of that generally are.

But you're not, are you.

DirectionToPerfection · 27/12/2024 22:33

crockofshite · 27/12/2024 22:27

But you're not, are you.

What is wrong with you?

madaboutpurple · 27/12/2024 22:40

His brother has just died as he had cancer. He could well have been pre=occupied. I didn't see his broadcast myself.

pointythings · 27/12/2024 22:57

It's sad to see how little shame the shallow judgy people on this thread have now that they know the context, and sadder still that they've fallen for a Daily Mail edit designed to show what the Daily Mail wants people to see. Shallow and intellectually lacking.

Bignanna · 27/12/2024 23:00

lillylallylu · 24/12/2024 13:11

did he say his grandfather was a toolmaker?

No, his father!

crockofshite · 28/12/2024 05:22

Bignanna · 27/12/2024 23:00

No, his father!

And his mum worked in the NHS

Httpalsnx · 28/12/2024 05:45

I'm a Tory but I don't think Keir Starmer is bad or an evil person. I just disagree with him policy wise.

PandoraSox · 28/12/2024 09:05

pointythings · 27/12/2024 22:57

It's sad to see how little shame the shallow judgy people on this thread have now that they know the context, and sadder still that they've fallen for a Daily Mail edit designed to show what the Daily Mail wants people to see. Shallow and intellectually lacking.

Quoting you pointy, as it bears repeating.

Araminta1003 · 28/12/2024 09:19

I said that Starmer did not sound hopeful enough and given the now exposed background to this, that would make sense. However, he could have been more personal in the video and acknowledged he is going through a tough time. That is what would have made people warm to him. The Guardian article is good, we need more like this from Starmer. It is the Instagram/social media generation and whilst I do respect his very clear desire for privacy, that won’t get him votes in the future. People want to know he is humane.
Let’s hope that his brother having SEND means he will sort out SEND in the education system! Still cannot forgive him for charging VAT on kids with SEND whose parents were forced to send them to small private schools. If anything, it makes me even more angry realising he would understand how difficult their ridiculous VAT policy is.

PandoraSox · 28/12/2024 09:24

However, he could have been more personal in the video and acknowledged he is going through a tough time

He would have been torn apart for doing that.

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