Keir-mania. Is it possible? Can we imagine it? Stadiums full of besotted voters chanting his name in frenzies of adoration.
‘Star-Muh! Star-Muh!’
No. Never going to happen. Sir Keir tinkled his way through his six questions at PMQs hoping to trip up the PM. Instead he put his own weaknesses in the spotlight.
Far from being the ice-cool super-inquisitor, Sir Keir turns out to be thin-skinned and tantrum-prone. Boris enjoys tormenting him. When challenged, Boris likes to accuse the Labour leader of unpatriotic hypocrisy. Today, Sir Keir took the bait. When he criticised the government’s job retention scheme, Boris described his approach as disingenuous.
‘He has to work out whether he’s going to support or oppose the government’s programme.’
‘This is just such rhetorical nonsense,’ huffed Sir Keir. ‘It’s perfectly proper for the opposition to ask questions.’
He brought up the Covid sequel next winter and called for ‘intense preparations’ to prevent the Second Spike.
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