It’s been a tough few days for Keir Starmer. Unloved by his party’s activists and outmaneuvered by his union barons, his conference season has had more rows than Hollyoaks. Still, the under-fire leader will no doubt be delighted to discover one Labour member is still happy to uncritically sing his praises – new recruit John Bercow, the former Commons speaker.
Last night Bercow took to the stage at an SMEs for Labour Q&A to an ecstatic welcome by fawning Remainers in the crowd. The onetime Monday Club member made sure to brush up on his verbal cues for the night, peppering his half-an-hour appearance with frequent references to his new found ‘comrades’ and declaring ‘I’m very proud belatedly to be a member of the Labour party’.
He oozed praise for Keir Starmer too, lauding him as a ‘a good guy’ a ‘formidable prosecutor, a formidable advocate’ for his ‘great brain’ and for his ‘remorseless persistent, clinical approach’ compared to ‘this shower which frankly represents the worst government of my lifetime.’
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