Of Course

July 8, 2022 Longrider General News, misanthropy 10

I didn’t expect any different.

Keir Starmer and his deputy, Angela Rayner, have been cleared by Durham constabulary of breaching lockdown rules over a beer and takeaway curry they had with staff during election campaigning last year, with officers concluding it was a legitimate work event.

The same as partygate, only different. Quelle surprise. My sarcasm meter is in danger of exploding here.

10 Comments

  1. Yep. I feel the same.
    What is the material difference between a gathering of colleagues, drinking alcohol and eating poppadoms and a gathering of colleagues, drinking alcohol and eating sandwiches? Zilch, nada, diddly squat.
    If Starmer didn’t break the rules then neither did the Downing Street lot.

  2. The difference is that the the subjects of one investigation align with the left wing ideology of the police service, whereas the other (whilst also demonstrably left wing) are ideologically different and must therefore be punished.

  3. Absolute farce: a pre-planned, fully documented after-work illegal drunken event whitewashed by left establishment

    Yet walk into a room and surprised when wished “Happy Birthday” a crime if a socialist Conservative

  4. They aren’t even trying to make any pretence of even handedness any more. I was expecting a ‘Yes the law was broken, but we are not fining anyone’ verdict, which would have let Starmer off on the technicality he wasn’t fined. But an outright ‘No law was broken’? They are just rubbing our noses in it now.

  5. Of course Durham Police claimed the leader of the Labour Party, and his ginger growler, committed no offences. After all, this is the city where street parties were held on the death of Margaret Thatcher. “Without fear, or favour” is a quote long ignored in Durham Constabulary.

  6. Boris may not have been very good but there is no suggestion that his downfall will play well for Starmer.

    Because to become PM Starmer will need to somehow jettison the public’s perception that he is a charmless stiff.

    And when you see photos of him at Wimbledon on Thursday, in a full business suit with tie, you just know that the man is a complete stiff who says nice things but is not fit to govern

  7. And on the day after Boris chucked it in, too. They could at least try not to make it obvious.

  8. I find it hard to find any one who actually likes keir starmer. With Boris it was a 50/50 split, didn’t always agree with his actions but liked him. If Labour come up with good policies they will no doubt get in, but won’t be the Starmer charm that wins it. As for the back stabbing Tories, Boris was lucky he hung on as long as he did. If the pandemic hadn’t arrived they would have found some excuse to stab him in the back. As for the press they have ran so many slur campaigns against various political leaders they ought to set themselves up for election and see how they like it.
    As the Daily Express said,’ Thank you Boris, you gave us back our freedom’

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