{"id":164210,"date":"2025-06-06T23:43:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T23:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/164210\/"},"modified":"2025-06-06T23:43:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T23:43:13","slug":"keir-starmer-is-about-as-frightening-as-a-stick-of-celery-but-im-more-scared-of-him-than-putin-heres-why","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/164210\/","title":{"rendered":"Keir Starmer is about as frightening as a stick of celery\u2026 but I\u2019m more scared of him than Putin &#8211; here\u2019s why"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CAN you imagine what would have happened if Neville Chamberlain \u2013 our Prime Minister when Germany invaded Poland \u2013 had announced Britain was in grave danger and, as a result, would increase funding for the Armed Forces and therefore be ready to do \u201cwar fighting\u201d by 1975.<\/p>\n<p>Or maybe a bit later.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photo of UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer.\" height=\"960\" width=\"652\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/embargoed-publication-uk-newspapers-24-1000451017_3f2520.jpg\" data-caption=\"The biggest problem we have is Keir Starmer himself, because he is very possibly the least war-like leader the world has ever seen\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/embargoed-publication-uk-newspapers-24-1000451017_3f2520.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>The biggest problem we have is Keir Starmer himself, because he is very possibly the least war-like leader the world has ever seenCredit: Getty<\/p>\n<p>Hitler would have just laughed at him.<\/p>\n<p>But that\u2019s exactly what happened this week when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/35265555\/keir-starmer-gaza-strikes-netanyahu-hamas\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sir Starmer <\/a>announced that because of Russia\u2019s expansionist tendencies, he was going to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/politics\/34850300\/uk-britain-armed-forces-russia-defence-review\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">totally overhaul our Armed Forces<\/a> so we\u2019d be ready to fight, and fight hard by, er, some point in the future.<\/p>\n<p>He would build 12 new nuclear subs, and a wave of new fighter-bombers that could rain atomic death on our enemies.<\/p>\n<p>And in addition, our fighting men and women, and all those who are neither, would be trained to become ten times more effective and lethal.<\/p>\n<p>According to Starmer, we\u2019d go from a country that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/35263657\/unions-french-cops-intercept-uk-bound-migrants\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">can\u2019t even stop a rubber dinghy<\/a> reaching the shores of Kent to a country that would shake fear into the entire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/where\/russia\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Russian <\/a>naval machine.<\/p>\n<p>It all sounds a bit preposterous, frankly, because first of all, where\u2019s the money \u00adcoming from?<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s already spent what little he had on train drivers, junior doctors and solar parks.<\/p>\n<p>So how can he suddenly \u00adafford <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/35213064\/starmer-britain-defences-labour-army-submarines\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">12 new submarines and a murder of fighter jets<\/a> so complex they haven\u2019t even been invented yet.<\/p>\n<p>And who\u2019s he going to get to operate all this new kit, and run around in the muddy trenches, shooting at Ivan?<\/p>\n<p>Back in the Thirties, everyone in the country knew their duty.<br \/>Not any more. Everyone\u2019s too busy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/34631542\/shoplifting-thieves-uk-crime\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">shoplifting <\/a>or choosing a gender or \u00adglueing themselves to the road.<\/p>\n<p>From tactical nuke to 7,600mph missile &amp; 50k-troop assault\u20266 ways Putin could respond to Ukraine blitz after Trump call<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s another issue too. As we have seen in the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/where\/ukraine\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Ukraine war,<\/a> an entire squadron of bombers can now be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/35262053\/operation-spiderweb-footage-full-drones\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">destroyed by someone with a lorry and a few drones<\/a>, made from stuff you can buy for a tenner at Dixons.<\/p>\n<p>But by far the biggest problem we have is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/keir-starmer\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Keir Starmer <\/a>himself, because he is very possibly the least war-like leader the world has ever seen.<\/p>\n<p>He is a stick of celery in a crap suit.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/who\/vladimir-putin\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Putin <\/a>ran the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/33422680\/russia-spy-unit-europe-sabotage-assassinations\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">KGB<\/a>. So at one point he will definitely have used his thumbs to push a man\u2019s eyes into his brain.<\/p>\n<p>Starmer hasn\u2019t done that. Starmer is a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/human-rights\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> human rights <\/a>lawyer.<\/p>\n<p>If the balloon went up, he\u2019d be on the side of a trans \u00adperson who refused to fight until gender-neutral lavatories were \u00adprovided on the battlefield.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Vladimir Putin at an awards ceremony.\" height=\"960\" width=\"780\" data-credit=\"Getty\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/russian-president-vladimir-putin-grimases-997217822.jpg\" data-caption=\"If Keir is in the hot seat for four more years, that scares me more than Putin does\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/russian-president-vladimir-putin-grimases-997217822.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>If Keir is in the hot seat for four more years, that scares me more than Putin doesCredit: Getty<\/p>\n<p>He can make as many \u201cwar fighting\u201d speeches as he likes but we know he doesn\u2019t even understand what he\u2019s on about.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s just making noises to try to make himself look tough. But he isn\u2019t tough. He\u2019s as frightening as Will from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/the-inbetweeners\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Inbetweeners.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You\u2019d only have to snap his spectacles and he\u2019d give in \u00adimmediately.<\/p>\n<p>And he\u2019s in the hot seat for four more years. That scares me more than Putin does.<\/p>\n<p>RIGHT OFF THE MARK<\/p>\n<p>THE BBC told us this week that because Geert Wilders, the far-right leader of a party in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/where\/netherlands\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Netherlands<\/a>, had left the ruling coalition, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/news\/35241927\/dutch-government-collapses-pm-resigns-asylum-row\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the government was in disarray.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m always confused by the Beeb\u2019s idea of \u201cfar right\u201d because I\u2019ve looked into the man and he\u2019s a long way from Hitler.<\/p>\n<p>He just wants a firm stance on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/uk-immigration-crisis\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">immigration <\/a>and an end to what he calls the \u201cMuslimification\u201d of his country.<\/p>\n<p>In short, he\u2019s about as far to the right as Starmer is to the left.<br \/>So how come the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/bbc\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BBC <\/a>never refers to our Prime Minister as \u201cfar left\u201d?<\/p>\n<p>Out of the Goop for 40 years<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jeremy Clarkson from Jeremy Clarkson Farm season 4, standing by a gate with his arms outstretched.\" height=\"639\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Amazon\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/jeremy-clarkson-farm-amazon-series-998735339.jpg\" data-caption=\"Jeremy's heart problems play out in the last two episodes of Clarkson's Farm\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/jeremy-clarkson-farm-amazon-series-998735339.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>Jeremy&#8217;s heart problems play out in the last two episodes of Clarkson&#8217;s FarmCredit: Amazon<a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Gwyneth Paltrow in a gray bikini jumping on a lawn.\" height=\"549\" width=\"724\" data-credit=\"Instagram\/gwynethpaltrow\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/gwyneth-paltrow-embraces-loosening-skin-875723931.jpg\" data-caption=\"Jeremy believes stress caused the issue - and 40 years of living the opposite of Gwyneth Paltrow's life\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/gwyneth-paltrow-embraces-loosening-skin-875723931.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4<\/p>\n<p>Jeremy believes stress caused the issue &#8211; and 40 years of living the opposite of Gwyneth Paltrow&#8217;s lifeCredit: Instagram\/gwynethpaltrow<\/p>\n<p>AS you probably heard, I had a bit of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tv\/35080423\/jeremy-clarkson-heart-op-stressful-disasters\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">problem with my heart <\/a>last autumn.<\/p>\n<p>And if you want to know what caused it, have a look at the last two episodes of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/tv\/35262707\/jeremy-clarkson-renames-trans-pig-future-clarksons-farm\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Clarkson\u2019s Farm<\/a>, which are out now.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no doubt in my mind that the unbelievable stress of opening a pub while trying to do the harvest caused the issue.<\/p>\n<p>Well, that and 40 years of living a life that in no way mirrored <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/who\/gwyneth-paltrow\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gwyneth Paltrow<\/a>\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>YO-YO GRETA<\/p>\n<p>HOW will the planet manage now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/who\/greta-thunberg\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Greta Thunberg<\/a> has decided the plight of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/where\/palestine\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Palestine <\/a>is more important than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/topic\/climate-change-environment\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">global warming?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And what will they do in Gaza when Greta changes her mind again and decides that actually, the world\u2019s pronoun enthusiasts need her unwavering support?<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s like she\u2019s a Marvel hero starring in some kind of weird left-wing multiverse movie.<\/p>\n<p>Game over, kids<\/p>\n<p>OBVIOUSLY, when I die, my farm will be confiscated by the Government so they can smother it with solar panels and sustainable houses for hard-working families in the immigrant community.<\/p>\n<p>Until then, however, it\u2019s mine, which is why I spent a chunk of the week clearing a stream, removing undergrowth and various trees that have fallen over so my grandkids are able to spend their afternoons in it, sploshing about, playing Pooh sticks and building dams.<\/p>\n<p>I may have been wasting my time though because a survey by the NSPCC has found that today, many children prefer to sit at home, on their iPads, all by themselves. Only a quarter regularly play with another child.<\/p>\n<p>This is a worry because a child that\u2019s spent its formative years shooting aliens in the face and watching mindless American cartoons is going to have no understanding of how to behave in society.<\/p>\n<p>They\u2019re going to meet people they don\u2019t like, and hear things they find offensive, and they\u2019re going to fall over occasionally and graze their knees. And they will have no idea how to cope.<\/p>\n<p>So they\u2019ll become intolerant and bitter and angry, lashing out at every little thing.<\/p>\n<p>And pretty soon, we\u2019ll end up, er\u2026 pretty much where we are now.<\/p>\n<p>With an entire generation of young adults who learned everything they know from sitting in their bedrooms. And think they can be excused from any responsibility by simply dreaming up an acronym for whatever they think is wrong with them.<\/p>\n<p>Greed for speed<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/motors\/24960432\/how-find-mobile-speed-cameras-locations\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SPEED camera<\/a> on Ringwood Road in Bournemouth was activated only 55 times in the whole of 2021. And just 32 times in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>It was therefore not generating very much money.<\/p>\n<p>But then someone decided this could be solved by \u00adsimply lowering the speed limit from 40mph to 30.<\/p>\n<p>And, hey presto, it\u2019s worked because last year it went off 11,594 times and has flashed 3,054 times so far this year. Kerching.<\/p>\n<p>Local residents can expect a 20mph very soon, I should imagine.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>AMAZING news from the auction houses. This week two flags that were flown during the actual Battle of Trafalgar came up for sale. One is expected to fetch \u00a3800,000. And the other \u00a3450,000.<\/p>\n<p>Hmmm. I\u2019m no businessman and I\u2019m terrible at maths.<\/p>\n<p>But if I wanted a flag from this particular battle, I\u2019d probably go for the cheaper one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CAN you imagine what would have happened if Neville Chamberlain \u2013 our Prime Minister when Germany invaded Poland&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":164211,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[2299,439,528,12,8041,332,526,520,213,118,16,15,333],"class_list":{"0":"post-164210","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"category-united-kingdom","9":"tag-global-politics","10":"tag-jeremy-clarkson","11":"tag-labour-party","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-nuclear-weapons","14":"tag-russia","15":"tag-section-newsopinion","16":"tag-sir-keir-starmer","17":"tag-sun-club","18":"tag-the-sun-newspaper","19":"tag-uk","20":"tag-united-kingdom","21":"tag-vladimir-putin"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114639077826007600","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164210"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164210\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}