Fun though it is to bash Keir Starmer for everything he says or does, there’s surely a point at which the self-respecting anti-Starmerite will want to cut the man a bit of slack – if for no other reason than that if the spite grows too ridiculous you will sound deranged, and it will recruit the odd floating voter to his cause out of sympathy.
Such a point, I submit, might be the Prime Minister’s Easter message. Sir Keir, or some minion, put out a tweet yesterday saying the following: ‘Wishing a very happy Easter to Christians across the UK and around the world, as they celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. As we look to the future with hope, I want to thank Christians for their huge contributions to our country.’
A more milquetoast, a more bland, a more ecumenical, a more tediously benign tweet it would be hard to find. If you asked ChatGPT, ‘write me a dull and inoffensive Prime Ministerial message on the occasion of a religious holiday’, this is probably what you’d end up with.
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