To like Keir Starmer?

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Unlike Tony Blair, he comes from a working class background - his siblings would still call themselves working class.

As a very bright lawyer, he could have sought a path which made him rich quickly but instead chose human rights which isn’t an easy route to take and he’s defended ‘the little guy’ against corporations. He’s also anti-death penalty.

Ok, he’s a Sir, and I’ve heard people (perhaps not unreasonably) question why the leader of the Labour Party would have a title like that. But he earned it through work for the criminal justice system.

On the face of it, it seems as though he deserves a chance.

I would much rather have him as PM than a former Bullingdon club member who used to burn money in front of homeless people for the fun of it.

Maybe Starmer's just promised France another £50 million to "help stop the boats".

I think people need to exercise caution in their Starmer worship and not think he’s wonderful just because he’s the only recent one to have met the bare minimum.

Even his opponents have said that he's a good person and a very capable one. They were gracious about him winning.

He's not unremarkable though. His achievements are earned. It used to be that people with high networking and connected parents could get into the best universities without the academic ability that others needed to show. I know this has changed in recent years. But for people my age and older, this was the case.

The Daily Telegraph quotes a right wing economist who says it's "likely" in breach of human rights laws and you go all chinese whispers and misleadingly assert that it is. If it is it will be stopped in court. You can stand down.

How anyone can call Starmer unremarkable with a straight face is beyond me. He took a joke of a political party that had its worst election results since the 1930s and transformed it into one that won a landslide in less than five years. He was the most successful DPP the country’s ever had and he glided through a gruelling election campaign without a single misstep. I can only hope he carries on being increasingly unremarkable for the next five years, it’s clearly a winning strategy.

Yeah this. ^ I really like Starmer, and think he is the best person for the job. ! am really looking forward to the next few years with a Labour Government! (And good riddance to the shower-of-shite Tories!)

What a tedious and predictable comment. 🙄

Makes a change from 'are you his mother' I suppose.

Since when has stating facts been defending anyone?

He’s pretty smart and the Gov are busy setting a narrative about competence. That is coming through well. It’s fair comment actually that’s it’s a low base because the Conservatives have been so insular that they stopped having external candidates who can carry this competence message.

You can see they are clearing the difficult stuff fast. Thames Water into special measure. Prison capacity and policy changed overnight. Get a spending review done, then start the blame on the Conservatives for all their incompetence.

The facts that his finances are a matter of public record - as all public servants’ should be.

I didn't vote Labour but, honestly, if a decently paid professional family man in his 60s wasn't smart enough to climb London's property ladder to the height of a terraced house in a pleasant-enough area I'd definitely not trust him with the country's finances.

Starmer is an intelligent and accomplished adult. As I said before, this should be the bare minimum. But has not been in recent years.

Despite him being the best option this time, I do not agree with some of his policies (particularly the potentially illegal private school VAT) and I also think his ideology/principles are so deeply ingrained that they are inflexible.

It was disturbing to hear that he’d let a family member suffer on a waiting list and not get them a private appointment. Having been there with my teen ds with a testicular lump, terrified it’s cancer, hideously embarrassed and on the way to not being able to function mentally over this issue - I got a private scan. I find Starmer’s attitude either very ignorant or ideological to the point where he would allow his teens to suffer for a prolonged period of time even though he had the means to get a scan.

But the thing is, if he had gone private, you'd probably be here saying that he's a hypocrite and doesn't follow through with what he stands for. Sometimes politicians can't win.

That photo is making me cringe, it looks so staged!

Probably because it is staged. 🙄

I wouldn’t underestimate the significance of football. If we do end up winning, it is a massive feel good factor for many and helps a new Government’s popularity indirectly. Everyone would remember when Labour got in and we won the football!

I find Starmer’s attitude either very ignorant or ideological to the point where he would allow his teens to suffer for a prolonged period of time even though he had the means to get a scan.

I find his attitude untruthful. He will say whatever he thinks people want to hear at the time, as usual.

"I find Starmer’s attitude either very ignorant or ideological to the point where he would allow his teens to suffer for a prolonged period of time even though he had the means to get a scan.

I find his attitude untruthful. He will say whatever he thinks people want to hear at the time, as usual."

Either or, isn't it? Either untruthful or questionable priorities. I presume he just gave a duff answer. It'd have been better to have said nobody should have to make that choice.

He clarified it by saying, "He would not jump the waiting lists on normal procedures."

Anyone, even if you had to go into debt, would find the money if it was life and death and treatment wasn't forthcoming locally

😡Let's hope they don't win. We'll never hear the end of it

What a ray of sunshine you are

Either or, isn't it? Either untruthful or questionable priorities

Yes. The poster I quoted said it might be questionable priorities. I disagreed and said I thought it was untruthful.