Hard B*stard ?!!…Definitely not you Keir.
It’s been a revealing few days in the strange, slow motion car crash that is Keir Starmer’s leadership. For a man supposedly hailed as “Mr Forensic”, the monotoned barrister, turned politician, has managed to bungle, blunder, and bottle it in truly spectacular fashion.
Let’s start with the Island of Strangers speech, the now infamous follow up remarks, that really dripped with contempt for millions of ordinary Brits. Starmer’s excuse?…he “hadn’t read the speech properly.”
Come off it !!! We’re talking about a man whose entire brand is built on precision, legal clarity and detail. The man interrogated witnesses in courtrooms for years, but we’re meant to believe he casually skimmed over a major policy speech written in his name?…not a chance. Either he’s lying or he’s completely incompetent. You pick one.
Then there’s the shameful moment in Parliament when Rachel Reeves, the second most powerful person in the country and his own Chancellor, broke down in tears, right behind him… and Starmer? He claims he “didn’t notice.”
What planet is this man on?…any normal human being would have clocked that instantly, but not Starmer, always calculating, always detached, just stood there, cold, awkward and absent. Then when asked about it?…he doubled down, acting like we were the ones imagining it.
No compassion, no leadership, no clue.
And just when you think the cringe couldn’t go any further, yesterday he pops up in an interview claiming he’s a “hard bastard.” Really??!!!…that’s what we’re going with now? This is the same man who’s spent the last four years flip flopping, apologising for his own party and avoiding taking a stance on anything remotely controversial, even saying that some women could have a penis.
The man’s about as hard as a wet tissue in a thunderstorm… could a you imagine Thatcher or even Blair using that language as PM? It’s a pathetic attempt to look tough, from someone who really is anything but.
It honestly feels like we’ve wandered into a badly written political sitcom. Unfortunately, this isn’t Netflix…this man is in charge of our taxes, our borders, our children’s education. He’s in Number 10, with real power, and what are we getting? a confused, rattled, weirdly performative version of Starmer that suggests something isn’t right behind the scenes. The messaging is erratic, the body language is odd, and his team?… utterly and clearly clueless, who are throwing everything at the wall to see what sticks, trying to win votes from both left and right.
It makes you wonder, is something about to break? Are the wheels coming off already? Because no functioning Prime Minister behaves like this, not within their first year of office too. His tone is wrong, his instincts are off and he seems like a man who thought winning was the finish line…when really, it’s just the start.
We were promised stability and grown up politics, we were promised change…
What we’re getting is utter chaos, dressed up in a Lord Ali bought suit and glasses.
HE HAS TO GO !!!
This isn’t leadership. It’s a farce.


As my Grandad would say he could not knock the skin off a rice pudding.He also would have had plenty to say about him and it wouldn't have been nice.
Completely brilliant article Adam. You said in a previous post, there were a few cretins who had been laughing at your written English. You need not worry, that article I’ve just read, penned by you, shows you have had more education in you than most coming out of Oxford. I subscribe to several Substacks and am watching the pennies, but am now sorely tempted to add yours to my repertoire! Well done Mr Brooks!!! 5 ⭐️