A video of Keir Starmer from 2019 is doing the rounds again. It comes after claims he made on Sky News to the public – and exposes the Labour Party leader for the charlatan that he is. If anything, it displays that the public cannot trust him – and that they should remember that when they vote in the general election on 4 July.
Starmer: Tories ‘doing a Corbyn’
As the Canary’s James Wright previously reported, on 11 June and speaking to Sky News, the Labour Party leader ridiculed Jeremy Corbyn’s general election manifestos. He accused the Tories of “building this sort of Jeremy Corbyn-style manifesto where anything you want can go in it and none of it is costed. It’s a recipe for more of the same”.
Of course, this is not what Starmer previously said. In early 2020 he noted that:
We should treat… the 2017 manifesto as our foundational document, the radicalism and the hope that that inspired across the country was real.
This has turned out to be a load of nonsense. Starmer has ditched all of his ten pledges from his Labour leadership campaign. However, his betrayal of Corbyn’s manifestos – and rewriting of his own history – has not gone unnoticed by the corporate media.
On Sky News (again), Kay Burley questioned turncoat Louise Haigh on this. She asked her:
[Starmer] backed Jeremy Corbyn’s manifestos twice. Did he not know what he was backing back then?
Haigh deflected, saying:
We’ve learned the lessons from then. That was the Labour election campaign in 2019, it was roundly rejected. As a result, Keir has listened to the country, reflected on where we went wrong, and responded to voters concerns – and we make no apology for that. That’s why a changed Labour Party is putting forward a credible, funded, and costed manifesto.
Haigh is asked about KS attacking Labours Manifestos when Corbyn was leader (he said they were full of uncosted policies). She says KS has changed the party & Lab is putting forward a credible funded & costed manifesto this time
The price of integrity? A ministerial car, clearly pic.twitter.com/JLO83TX0ri
— Saul Staniforth (@SaulStaniforth) June 12, 2024
Ugh.
The worst of the worst at the general election
Haigh is the worst of the worst: deliberately distorting the reality of what Starmer said (and Corbyn’s manifestos) – but rewriting her own history in the process:
It goes without saying that a) Corbyn’s manifestos were costed, and b) the public didn’t ‘reject’ the 2019 one – the corporate media conspired with the establishment to make sure the public were fooled into believing Corbyn was a racist lunatic, leading them to elect and actual racist lunatic Boris Johnson.
However, Haigh is not the leader of the party – just a shill for its right wing. Starmer is in charge – and his betrayal is far worse.
In 2019, Starmer fully supported (publicly) the Labour manifesto. Just to hammer home this point, X user Ben Sellers uncovered a video from that time from the now-Labour leader. In it, he proclaims that the-then manifesto was ‘about real change’:
Here’s @Keir_Starmer extolling the virtues of the Labour manifesto he’s now deriding as “uncosted”. He knows he’s going to get caught out & he doesn’t care – because, when it comes down to it, he thinks the public are thick. Give me a @jeremycorbyn any day of the week. pic.twitter.com/cEu5WTntGv
— Ben Sellers (@MrBenSellers) June 11, 2024
Ring any bells?
So, which is it? Either Starmer:
- DIDN’T back the 2019 manifesto – and was lying then.
- DID back the 2019 manifesto – and is lying now.
- DOESN’T care either way and will swing in whatever political direction he needs to just to obtain power.
The likely answer is a combination of one and three.
Our next prime minister (unless Nigel Farage pulls off the unthinkable) is a power-hungry, serial liar. The public needs to know that before 4 July.
Featured image via Ben Sellers – X screengrab
