Prime minister Keir Starmer has been booed in Madeira for queue-jumping a famous ride.
The Portugal News tells us that Starmer, who has been on holiday with his family, was reportedly booed for cutting in front of a three-hour-long queue for the famous Madeiran toboggan ride.
It seems he
arrived in a limousine with his children, aged 13 and 16, who were promptly escorted straight to the front of the queue and sat in a wicker toboggan basket, sparking outrage amongst onlookers who reportedly booed and asked the Prime Minister to “move to the back of the queue”.
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A witness from Ilford, who had been queueing for several hours, said Starmer
is obviously in a privileged position and has security concerns, but it was still hard to swallow seeing him jump the queue after we had been there for three hours.
The optics on this are appalling: a Labour prime minister using his privilege as a VIP to queue-jump past the hoi-polloi.
These are the people he is supposed to represent!
But he merrily grinds them beneath his heel in the name of his own enjoyment.
Coming after Freebiegate, it seems he has not learned his lesson and still thinks being in government is about stamping on the citizenry, rather than serving them.
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Starmer has been booed in Madeira for queue-jumping a famous ride
Prime minister Keir Starmer has been booed in Madeira for queue-jumping a famous ride.
The Portugal News tells us that Starmer, who has been on holiday with his family, was reportedly booed for cutting in front of a three-hour-long queue for the famous Madeiran toboggan ride.
It seems he
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A witness from Ilford, who had been queueing for several hours, said Starmer
The optics on this are appalling: a Labour prime minister using his privilege as a VIP to queue-jump past the hoi-polloi.
These are the people he is supposed to represent!
But he merrily grinds them beneath his heel in the name of his own enjoyment.
Coming after Freebiegate, it seems he has not learned his lesson and still thinks being in government is about stamping on the citizenry, rather than serving them.
Here’s a video clip including this article:
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