WHEN Sir Keir Starmer was elected Prime Minister, did anyone remember to tell him which country he was supposed to be running?
I only ask because he seems to be blissfully unaware of the fact that he’s meant to be in charge of THIS country, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and not spending his time pontificating about whether any other country should exist or not.
While ignoring Britain’s myriad problems, Sir Keir pompously announced from No10 that Britain would recognise a Palestinian state in SeptemberReuters
No mention of thousands of illegal migrants arriving to exploit free hotels, handouts, and black market jobsLouis Wood
GettyMaybe Starmer and co should try addressing NHS chaos as junior doctors strike for five days, with nurses and GPs set to join in – and the millions waiting for treatment[/caption]
That would certainly explain why the British PM chose to call an emergency Cabinet meeting this week to discuss an urgent issue of great import which turned out to have nothing to do with this country at all.
Instead, after the ministerial meeting, Sir Keir pompously strode to the No10 podium and announced to the world that Britain would recognise a Palestinian state in September, unless Israel agreed to abide by key conditions, such as allowing more food aid into Gaza and signing up to a two-state solution to the Middle East conflict.
Let’s forget for one moment that the PM was delivering yet another U-turn in a bid to appease his leftie backbenchers.
And let’s leave to one side the abject immorality and absurdity of placing conditions on Israel while having no requirement that the Hamas terrorists release their remaining hostages and lay down their weapons.
Here to lap up free hotels and handouts
Let’s even ignore the fact that Sir Keir’s pledge was so mind-blowingly wrong that it was cheered by Hamas leaders while condemned as “shameful” by their former hostages, or that it will not save a single life in Gaza or bring about an end to the war one day sooner.
Putting ALL of that to one side, the most striking thing about Sir Keir Starmer’s announcement was that it wasn’t about Britain, the country he is supposedly in charge of.
You know, the one he was elected to run, the one where he’s supposed to be busy delivering “change” with a steely-eyed focus on growth.
Yes, that one.
Yet there was no emergency Cabinet meeting about any of the myriad problems back here in Blighty.
Does the Prime Minister really believe there is so little that needs to be done at home?
After all, there are no end of items in his “in-tray” that could merit an emergency Cabinet meeting.
He could start with immigration — both legal and illegal. Yet again, we’ve had new official figures showing that almost all of a 700,000 increase in our population in just one year came not from births but from new arrivals.
Starmer, Rayner and their team might also discuss the cost-of-living crisis hitting millions as Chancellor Reeves takes more taxes while prices, bills and rents riseAlamy
Instagram / emmavanderhoek_What about an emergency Cabinet meeting on crime, as London offences soar 86% in ten years under Labour Mayor Sadiq Khan?[/caption]
GettyPerhaps the PM could offer some words on why we have some of the highest energy bills in the world, with the threat of blackouts thanks to the folly of Net Zero?[/caption]
And once again we saw boatloads of thousands of illegal migrants, mostly undocumented men of fighting age, coming to our shores to lap up the free hotels, the handouts, the black market jobs and the near-certain promise that they will never be deported.
Did Sir Keir and his Cabinet ministers have anything to say about the growing protests outside asylum hotels spreading across the country?
Starmer, Angela Rayner and their mates might even want to talk about the cost-of-living crisis still hitting millions of families who face prices, bills and rents going up…
And what about having an emergency Cabinet meeting about the rising tide of crime after a report revealed that offences in London have rocketed by 86 per cent in the past ten years under Labour Mayor Sir Sadiq Khan?
Didn’t ministers wonder why only one in 20 muggings in our capital city ever results in a prosecution?
Or why so many grooming gangs have yet to be prosecuted?
Or is that just not worth a few minutes of their time during the summer recess?
Maybe they might also want to discuss the chaos in our NHS after another five days of strikes by junior doctors, with nurses and GPs likely to follow suit, while millions of patients sit on waiting lists.
Starmer, Angela Rayner and their mates might even want to talk about the cost-of-living crisis still hitting millions of families who face prices, bills and rents going up while Chancellor Rachel Reeves takes even more money in taxes out of their hard-earned wages.
Indeed, they might want to wonder where all the jobs have gone since the employer National Insurance hike, or why we have millions of people languishing on welfare, many claiming mental health issues, or why hundreds of thousands of children are now routinely absent from school.
Tackle the very real problems at home
What about an emergency Cabinet meeting to discuss why we are a country where it rains half the year, yet we face hosepipe bans most summers and, despite being an island surrounded by North Sea oil and gas, we have some of the highest energy bills in the world, with the threat of blackouts thanks to the folly of Net Zero?
They could even have a chat about why, whether it’s planes, trains or automobiles, we can’t get anywhere in this country any more thanks to technical failures at air traffic control, or the wrong leaves on the line or the one million-plus potholes on our roads.
Frankly, if you can’t work out how to fill potholes, run the NHS or stop dinghies crossing the English Channel, I’m not sure why you’d think you’re up to solving one of the most intractable conflicts of the past century…
Or perhaps they could ponder why we don’t have the Armed Forces or the military hardware to defend our own nation, let alone any of our allies, despite the growing instability in the world.
Every single one of these issues — and there are countless more — would be worthy of an emergency Cabinet meeting.
Yet it is the plight of the Palestinian people that concerns our PM, not that of the people he is supposed to represent.
Frankly, if you can’t work out how to fill potholes, run the NHS or stop dinghies crossing the English Channel, I’m not sure why you’d think you’re up to solving one of the most intractable conflicts of the past century in a far-flung region halfway across the world, but there we are.
Someone needs to break it to the Prime Minister that he wasn’t elected to virtue signal on the world stage about a nation ABROAD that doesn’t yet exist.
Instead, he should spend his time doing the job he is paid to do and tackle the very real problems hitting ordinary people AT HOME.
GettyOr perhaps the PM and his team could consider why we lack the Armed Forces and military hardware to defend our nation – or our allies – amid rising global instability.[/caption]
ReutersThey could even talk about why, from planes to trains to cars, we’re stuck thanks to air traffic failures, the wrong leaves on lines, and over a million potholes[/caption]
GettyStarmer can’t prevent potholes on UK roads, but believes he can bring peace to the Middle East[/caption] Published: [#item_custom_pubDate]
