Spineless Starmer

Starmer has resorted to calling Farage "Spineless" - presumably to distract the public away from the car crash of a budget that awaits us.

The comment was made in relation to alleged racist comments Farage made when he as a child.

I dont really care whether Farage made the comments.  I dont care what communist loving comments Starmer made when he was 12.  I do care about Starmer's spineless (or should that be spinless) behaviour since he has been Prime Minister.

Let's start with recent news

Starmer failed to act against Angela Rayner for tax evasion - a CRIMINAL act.  She was left with no choice but to resign. Starmer was happy with her and hoping the bad news would go away if he stuck his fingers in his ears.

What was Angela punishment?  She was awarded a TAX FREE £16,876 severance package  by Kier for RESIGNING from the role. That's £40 per day for the 427 days she was in the job.  

Clearly Kier likes to reward CRIMINAL behaviour.

Starmer failed to act against Rachel from accounts for committing a CRIMINAL act by failing to register her Dulwich property for Selective Licencing.

Starmer failed to act against Jas Athwal (Labour MP for Ilford South) for committing TWELVE CRIMINAL acts by failing to register his Redbridge properties for Selective Licencing.  Considering Jas was the Redbridge council leader that introduced Selective Licensing - he can hardly deny he didnt know about it - just like Rachel.

Diane Abbott made lots of racist comments and it took ages before Starmer acted and expelled her from the party.

Naz Shah, Labour MP for Bradford West since 2015 is still in the Labour party.  She openly accepted that her comments were anti-semitic.  Corbyn failed to act and Starmer has failed to act.

In May 2019 Starmer said: "Under my leadership, zero-tolerance of anti-Semitism will mean precisely that. If you're anti-Semitic, you should be nowhere near this Party. And we'll make sure you're not."

What's changed? Not a lot - search the internet and you will find other examples of where Spineless Starmer has failed to act.

So let's take a look at other things.  The First Lord of the Treasury decided to cut winter fuel allowance for pensioners.   This was a move which had a bad look. Did he do a U turn because of his concern for freezing pensioners? Did he do a U turn because of public opinion against the move?

No - he finally did a U turn because a few back  Labour benchers MPs and public backlash in local elections where Labour lost seats (power). 

Let's rewind to 5th July 2024 and his speech

"But whether you voted Labour or not – in fact, especially if you did not – I say to you directly, my government will serve you"

It seems he's only serving the minority back-benchers and the unions.  Grow a spine Starmer


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