Starmer stands ‘by every word’ of Sunak child sex attack ad. Hypocritically?
Keir Starmer has said he stands “by every word” of a Labour attack advert accusing Tory prime minister Rishi Sunak of not wanting child sex criminals to go to prison – but isn’t this hypocritical, as he was on the sentencing council that devised the relevant penalties?
In a widely-reported Daily Mail article (and doesn’t it speak volumes about how far the Labour leadership has sunk that he is willing to write an article for the paper that once supported the Nazis), he made “absolutely zero apologies” for the advert:
I make absolutely zero apologies for being blunt about this. I stand by every word Labour has said on the subject, no matter how squeamish it might make some feel.
When 4,500 child abusers avoid prison, people don’t want more excuses from politicians: they want answers.
But Keir Starmer was on the sentencing council that set the current guidelines for sex crimes, back in 2012.
At that time, Shadow Attorney General Emily Thornberry wrote to him, objecting to a different part of those guidelines – so she was aware that they were passed by Starmer:
On 25th Sept. 2012, Emily Thornberry wrote to Sir Keir Starmer QC chastising him of backsliding on rape prosecutions against the very criminals & rapists Starmer now accuses Sunak of being an ally of. https://t.co/dkPiE5F8c5 pic.twitter.com/QNbas07zJn
— Tory Fibs (@ToryFibs) April 10, 2023
But on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, she made a remarkable display of selective amnesia:
"Starmer was a member of that institution when it set down those guidelines. Did he object at the time?"
Emily Thornberry "…I dont know what your talking about"
"…at the time they were passed did he object?"
"I dont know the details of it" #R4Today pic.twitter.com/DJPUBT2HFT
— Saul Staniforth (@SaulStaniforth) April 10, 2023
And all the while, the public outrage against Labour’s position continues to grow, both in the mass media…
.@rachshabi: This "personal attack on Sunak… its completely disgusting, its in the gutter… & its actually suprising and disturbing that Starmer and his team do not see that"
I dont find it surprising or shocking that the Labour right have zero political ethics. pic.twitter.com/WARR52WGOF
— Saul Staniforth (@SaulStaniforth) April 10, 2023
… and in the social media:
There’s no lie that Sir Keir Starmer KC is not prepared to tell. He thinks lies are fair game as long as he wins his case
If it means smearing a lifelong anti-racist, Jeremy, as a racist then so be it
If it means smearing Sunak as an ally of violent & sexual criminals, so be it
— Tory Fibs (@ToryFibs) April 10, 2023
Rishi Sunak has many flaws. He’s part of the global wealthy elite who admits to having no working class friends. He does little to clamp down on tax evasion & he won’t tax unearned wealth fairly. He uncapped bankers bonuses & allows energy firms to overcharge you.
But the stuff…
— Tory Fibs (@ToryFibs) April 10, 2023
And it is leading to hard questions about Starmer’s strategy and the likely end result of his bizarre choices:
Is Sir Kier Starmer the best advert the Conservatives could ever wish for? And if so it has to beg the question, why? What is the reason for having him in the wrong party at the wrong point in history? It wasn't as important to get rid of Corbyn so much as to install him.
— Gary Bowman. Against Uniparty Politics (@GaryOpinionated) April 9, 2023
This could be the scandal on which Starmer loses not just the local elections next month, but also the next general election.
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Of course he stands by this dirty garbage. Despite his denial that he knew nothing about it, he’s such a control freak that he’d never have let a national campaign go without his approval.
No, his “standing by” is intended because he’s fishing for the Daily Mail Sun bottom feeders, racist to their rotten core. He knows they’ll lick it up.
Starmer continually proves that he is not fit to fill any position in the Parliamentary Labour party. Get rid of him!