Why does everyone hate Keir Starmer?
5/12/202626 min
Aditya Chakrabortty on the Labour leader’s predicament – and if he may be the last prime minister of the two-party system. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus
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First 90 secondsKeir Starmer· Soundbite0:00
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Nosheen Iqbal· Host0:01
[upbeat music] Today, why does everyone hate Keir Starmer so much? [upbeat music] In these highly polarized times, dunking on the prime minister, this particular prime minister, is the one thing that seems to unite people in fury, disappointment, loathing. [crowd cheering] And so as he rolled his sleeves up to address the nation on Monday morning, the weekend after one of the worst election results in Labour's history, Starmer had quite the job on his hands. The Guardian's Aditya Chakrabortty wasn't the only one watching and wincing.
Aditya Chakrabortty· Guest0:51
You know what, Nashim? You get these speeches, and they are make or break, and everyone's meant to be watching them, and the fate of the man who runs the country rests upon what he's gonna say in half an hour, and actually, no speech can withstand that amount of pressure. If after six-odd years of Keir Starmer as leader of the Labour Party and prime minister that you don't know what a Keir Starmer speech sounds like, I feel some degree of envy for you. [laughs] But, no, it's Keir Starmer, right? The Prime Minister and the leader of our party, Keir Starmer.