Pitch: a struggling politician eager to make his mark. He’s 10 points behind in the polls, leading a fractitious party and struggling to prove he is the charismatic, dynamic and likeable leader his country needs. From where does he seek salvation? That time-honoured tradition of the fly on the wall documentary.
Such an outlandish proposal could soon be all too real, according to the Times today which reports a production company is in talks with Sir Keir Starmer about the proposal. Broadcasters have been asked if they would be interested in showing the programme which some Labour sources believe could be an ‘effective way to broadcast Starmer’s personality to a larger slice of the electorate.’
Naturally such a proposal has caused a storm on social media, given the last efforts of a flailing Labour leader to attempt the TV documentary route to rehabilitation.
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