Is anybody daft enough to believe Keir Starmer’s Labour will reform the police
Keir Starmer has been bandwagon-jumping again.
He’s saying the Metropolitan Police has been a basket case for 13 years under the Tory government and the racism, sexism and homophobia that Baroness Casey uncovered has shattered the trust of the people of London – and the rest of the UK:
“The racist, sexist and homophobic abuses of power that have run rife in the Metropolitan Police have shattered the trust that Britain’s policing relies on and let victims down.
“For 13 years there has been a void of leadership from the Home Office, which has seen Britain’s policing fall far below the standards the public have the right to expect.
“The scale of change required is vast. But the lessons I witnessed from policing reform in Northern Ireland show that it can be done.
“With my leadership, a Labour government will take responsibility, overhaul policing and raise standards, with strengthened training and mandatory vetting, and the restoration of neighbourhood policing with the trust of communities.
“The Home Secretary must reassure the public that she will do what it takes to address these failings immediately.”
That’s a pretty far cry from what he was saying only 18 months ago – and people are calling him out on it [apologies for the repetition of Starmer’s tweet]:
After the murder of Sarah Everard, you defended Cressida Dick.
There's as much chance of you "reforming" the Met Police as there is of you handing back your knighthood.
A member of the establishment doesn't hold the establishment to account. They protect the establishment. https://t.co/XwzeqRu5Ny
— Frank Owen's Legendary Paintbrush🥀🇵🇸🇾🇪 (@OwenPaintbrush) March 21, 2023
Sarah Everard was murdered in March 2021. In June the report of the panel into Daniel Morgans murder found the Met were institutionally corrupt & Cressida Dick had obstructed the investigations of the panel. In Sept you gave her your full support.
Why?pic.twitter.com/24yxRYGCCr
— Saul Staniforth (@SaulStaniforth) March 21, 2023
In fairness, he did try to answer this question at a press conference yesterday (March 21) – but his answer rang hollow:
"Was it a mistake to say that you fully supported the former Met police commissioner Cressida Dick 18 months ago?"
Journalist to Keir Starmer at Labours press conference this afternoon pic.twitter.com/gK2VpF1bYy
— Saul Staniforth (@SaulStaniforth) March 21, 2023
He retrospectively modified what he said 18 months ago to make it seem that he wanted her to tackle all the faults that have been exposed now. This was impossible because they were not officially recognised at the time.
People have seen this and responded accordingly:
If it had been up to @Keir_Starmer, Cressida Dick—who presided over this dysfunctional racist, sexist and homophobic police force—would still be in position. You can’t take on a corrupt establishment when you are their bag-carrier and errand boy.
— richard B (@rich4you) March 21, 2023
You supported Cressida Dick. You refused to bring charges against her after the murder of Jean Charles de Menezes. You also refused to charge the copper who murdered Ian Tomlinson. You couldn’t give a shiny shit about the corruption and racism within the MET.
— Bea 🐝🐝🐝 (@ladybea2021) March 22, 2023
Keir Starmer didn't think Cressida Dick should have resigned after it emerged that Wayne Couzens had been a serving police officer.
Why should anyone trust a man who'll never lead, but is content to follow, to take on the Metropolitan Police? https://t.co/mJ6jFYMOM4 pic.twitter.com/jNzzuTNUc4
— Ash Sarkar (@AyoCaesar) March 21, 2023
You're last person should be anywhere near police reform. You defended Cressida Dick as though your future in politics depended on it. Given nature of this report you ought to be considering apologising for your part in propping up the MET, not implying you're the solution.
— The Party's Over 🇵🇸 (@dascott66) March 21, 2023
Many more people have criticised him for the hypocrisy of supporting Cressida Dick and then claiming policing standards fell through the floor on her watch (and others’).
Personally, I wouldn’t trust Keir Starmer to reform the police. His own record speaks against him.
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Starmer cannot even expunge the institutional racism and Islamaphobia that he himself introduced to the party, so how in the world can he be trusted, after supporting the MET too often, to oversee what needs to be done within the MET?
“My Labour government…”, “With my leadership…” – he really is a narcissistic/proprietorial sod, isn’t he!
Starmer is a proven liar and fraud, nothing he says can be believed, and his policies are not worth the paper they are written on!