captain Hindsight
I lied outrageously to win the Labour Party leadership. I have since broken every single one of my ten pledges.
I backed Remain in the EU referendum … then promised to honour the result … then spent 3 years trying to scrap Brexit … and now I claim to be pro-Brexit.
I repeatedly attacked the government for not going far enough during COVID and then blamed them for having gone too far.
I spouted cynical and self-righteous hypocrisy over Partygate while pressuring Durham Constabulary and its Labour Police Commissioner to whitewash my own Beergate scandal.
“Pre-announcing whatever Number 10 says is the most risk-free strategy for a party leader who values responsibility and electoral credibility far more than voter-repellent radicalism. But the tactic is also cynical, and it’s becoming more transparent every day.”
Former Labour MP, Tom Harris writing in The Telegraph.
“Labour lied [over Beergate] … inexplicable – and increasingly desperate – evasion, obfuscation and deceit”.
Dan Hodges, writing in the Mail On Sunday
“Starmer should never be allowed to forget his Brexit betrayal. He tried to reverse it after promising not to.”
Patrick O’Flynn, writing in The Spectator
Partners in Political Crime: David Lammy