In response to rumours that the Prime Minister may postpone holding a general election until mid-November, Sir Keir Starmer attacked Rishi Sunak today for placing “vanity before nation.”
The head of Labour implied that Mr Sunak intended to stay in Downing Street for two years before he called on Britons to vote.
The PM this week said he is working on the assumption that he will hold a general election ‘in the second half of this year’.
However, Sir Keir said this morning that Labour wants an election “as soon as possible,” therefore he placed pressure on Mr Sunak to announce a clear date for the race.
‘We’re ready for it; I think the country is ready for it,’ the Labour leader told Sky News.
On October 25, 2022, Mr Sunak took over as PM from Liz Truss, who had a catastrophic seven-week premiership.
It means, should he wait until the autumn to hold a general election, he is likely to have served two years in Downing Street before putting his job on the line.
A general election is scheduled for November 14, one week following the US presidential election, according to rumours circulating at Westminster.
But Sir Keir pushed back at the prospect of Britons having to wait another 11 months before being able to cast their votes.
‘I want the election to be as soon as possible,’ he said.
‘We’re ready for it; I think the country is ready for it. Most people say nothing is really working, public services are on their knees, and I don’t feel any better off than I did 14 years ago when this government started.
‘So people want that election and the sooner it happens, the better—we’re ready for it.’
Sir Keir made fun of Mr Sunak’s recent assertion that a general election is expected to take place in the latter part of this year.
‘If he had a plan, he would set the date, and he should set the date,’ the Labour leader added.
‘Because, at the moment, it’s very hard to see how him continuing in Government improves the lives of anybody in the country.
‘I can’t help feeling all he really wants to do is get two years clocked up on his own premiership.
‘That means he’s putting vanity before country so my challenge to him would be – if you’ve got a plan set the date, if you haven’t got a plan just get on with it as quickly as possible.’
The issue is that nobody wants Starmer either—he is untalented and lacks charm.
The electorate almost always chooses what it considers to be the least awful alternative, but they seldom genuinely think that the next political party will make things miraculously better.
When he entered politics, this man rose to the position of leader quite rapidly, although we’re not sure if that makes him inept. However, don’t worry; if Labour gets in, Starmer won’t be the leader for long. They’ll use him as a soft front, and then he will quickly be ousted and replaced with a hard lefty at the first excuse. The funny thing is that he actually believes he’s in charge and that the party are behind him. They will, of course, be, with knives drawn.
We are doomed if Starmer wins, even though the Conservatives are terrible. We need strategies on how to proceed, not name-calling, which Starmer excels at, but maybe Starmer has a plan.
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