Sir Keir Starmer has “proven to be completely out of touch” as a Prime Minister and is “not the right man to lead the country”, it has been claimed.
The Labour leader faced a fresh blow over the growing donations scandal involving party donor and peer Lord Waheed Alli, after Rosie Duffield dramatically quit the party as an MP.
The former Canterbury representative hit out at Starmer’s “sleaze, nepotism and apparent avarice” in a scathing exit letter to the PM, declaring she is “ashamed” of how he and senior ministers have “tarnished and humiliated our once proud party”.
She added: “Someone with far-above-average wealth choosing to keep the Conservatives’ two-child limit to benefit payments which entrenches children in poverty, while inexplicably accepting expensive personal gifts of designer suits and glasses costing more than most of these people can grasp — this is entirely undeserving of holding the title of Labour Prime Minister.”
JJ Anisiobi claimed that Keir Starmer has proven himself to be ‘completely out of touch’
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Reacting to Duffield’s attack on Labour, broadcaster JJ Anisiobi claimed that he has “no respect” for Starmer, and that he is the “wrong man” in charge of the party.
Anisiobi told GB News: “Rosie was right to be scathing, he has proven himself to be completely out of touch.
“I have no respect for our Prime Minister. I think he’s the wrong man to be leading Labour, and I think he’s the wrong man to be leading this country.”
Criticising the hypocrisy of Starmer accepting excessive donations from Lord Alli, Anisiobi highlighted how Starmer and the Labour Party were “criticising the Tories for having birthday cake”, but accepting donations behind the scenes.
Rosie Duffield has hit out at the PM over the donations rowPAAnisiobi explained: “He said the Tories are full of it’s cronyism, it’s corrupt, and then he gets into power after telling everyone he’s going to be different and it’s like, we can take money from rich donors – they can’t, but we can, because it’s different.
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“My son can go in and and break laws and hang out in my mate’s million pound penthouse to do his GCSEs – what about everyone else’s kids who don’t have rich donors who live in penthouses?”
Offering his verdict on Duffield’s exit, political commentator Charlie Rowley suggested that the move was a “long time coming”, as her three-page resignation letter “did not hold back” against the PM.
Rowley told GB News: “It’s clearly been something that’s a long time coming, there lots of frustration there.
“And not to even mention one of the biggest issues, which I think she’s been brilliant at standing up for, women’s rights, has been totally taken out to criticise all the things she opposes.
Anisiobi said he has ‘no respect’ for Keir Starmer following the donations scandal
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“She mentions taking away the winter fuel allowance, the two child benefit cap, and the way in which other colleagues were treated – lots of things in there that has just clearly made her decide that actually she’s better off working as an independent MP to serve her constituents.”
Offering a “silver lining” for Starmer amid the loss of Duffield, Anisiobi highlighted that the former Labour MP has “not defected to another party” and instead has remained independent.
Anisiobi told GB News: “If there’s any silver lining for Starmer, it’s that she hasn’t defected to another party. She hasn’t said I’m joining Reform because Labour is terrible and everyone should follow me.
“She’s gone independent, so she’s kind of saying, yeah, Labour are terrible, but no one else is good enough either, which is a small bit of consolation for Starmer. But this looks terrible for Labour. They’ve already isolated our pensioners and anyone who cares about pensioners, and now with Rosie Duffield, it looks like they’re going to be isolating women as well.”