Boris Johnson is running out of time to produce things the Tories can show the voters at the next election. The theme of his Queen’s Speech – if there was one – was an attempt to fix that. That next election campaign was countered by Keir Starmer in the chamber this afternoon. The main focus was on the cost-of-living crisis and how much worse things are going to get.
Funnily enough, Starmer didn’t mention the members of the government who’d broken Covid rules
The Labour leader repeatedly accused this government of not being ‘up to the challenge’, with the Tories producing only a ‘thin address bereft of ideas or purpose, without a guiding principle or a roadmap for delivery’. Funnily enough, he didn’t mention the members of the government who’d broken Covid rules and couldn’t be trusted. Starmer instead described the Tories as ‘out of touch’ and ‘tired’, attacking Rishi Sunak on this front as much as Johnson.
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