JOAN SMITH: Keir Starmer doesn't dream or have a favourite book or poem...
the truth is the PM doesn't have a shred of emotional intelligence By Joan Smith Published: 22:00, 26 September 2024 | Updated: 22:00, 26 September 2024 e-mail 28 View comments I didn't expect much from Keir Starmer . Despite being a lifelong Labour supporter, I couldn't even bring myself to vote for the Party at the General Election . But I'm flabbergasted by what's happened since.
Our new Prime Minister turns out to have an unexpected taste for the high life. He evidently thinks he's entitled to it. And he has a tin ear when it comes to criticism.
Each day, it becomes clearer that the country is in the hands of a man without a shred of emotional intelligence. He keeps telling us the economy is in a dire state. It's doom and gloom for most of us, but not for Starmer and his family.
Clothes and glasses for himself, clothes for his wife, a box at his favourite football club, the use of a luxury flat in central London – it's been one freebie after another. The Prime Minister doesn't seem to care how all this looks. Millions of ordinary people are terrified of the coming winter, but he's doing nicely, thank you very much.
There's something seriously awry with a man who happily accepts gifts of designer specs, while elderly widows live in fear of not being able to turn their heating on. It has been revealed that Keir Starmer has been receiving free clothes and glasses for himself, clothes for his wif.