Shifty Sir Keir risks a coalition of chaos
ON FRIDAY morning, after the scale of the Tory rout in the local polls became clear, Sir Keir Starmer cockily claimed that Labour was on course to win an overall majority at the next general election.
Yesterday, his braggadocio came back to haunt him. With it sinking in that his party had failed to secure the decisive breakthrough they’d need to seize Downing Street, the burgundy-faced blowhard ate humble pie.
Seven times Labour’s leader was asked during a TV interview whether he would do a grubby backroom deal with the duplicitous Liberal Democrats if he didn’t triumph outright. Seven times he refused to answer. Last year, he insisted earnestly that he had ‘ruled out a coalition with anyone’. Sir Flip-Flop has struck again.
Does anyone seriously believe that a man so obsessed with getting to No 10 that he has broken nearly every political pledge he’s ever made would pass up any opportunity to grab the keys? He simply can’t be trusted.
Refusing to rule out a pact with the Lib Dems in the event of a hung parliament shows he is not only unconvinced he can triumph. It also graphically illustrates the disdain in which he holds the electorate.
When people mark their ‘X’, they should be confident in knowing precisely what they are voting for – ranging from rolling back Brexit to gender self-ID, open borders and much else.
If the Lib Dems end up holding the balance of power at Westminster, Sir Ed Davey’s chief requirement for sustaining Labour in office would be another divisive EU referendum – a concession that Remainer-in-chief Sir Keir could happily agree to, even if it meant going against the explicit wishes of the majority of voters.
It would also risk the introduction of a proportional representation voting system, an act of constitutional vandalism designed to keep the Left – and their pernicious ideological obsessions – in power for ever.
Sir Keir likes nothing more than to lecture others about the importance of honesty and integrity in public life. But when it comes to transparency about leading a coalition of chaos, he is a master of evasion.