Sir Keir described coronavirus as a"national emergency" and a"global emergency".
He added that would not mean"scoring political points or opposing for the sake of opposing", but"challenging the government and asking difficult questions when it is necessary".The new Labour leader recorded a video where he spoke of the"honour" of the post and the effect of coronavirus The lawyer, who became an MP in 2015, won the Labour leadership contest on the first round of voting, with more than 50% of ballots cast.
Cut it out Kier. Thought you may bring something different to the party. Not the the time to slag off the government. We’re all in this together!!
If you have nothing decent to say , then don’t say anything at all ,your ranting helps no one, obviously makes you feel better though. keirstarmer
Underpaid considering the 3 years university + placements to become a nurse. What would he suggest. One of Labour's main union backers, ASLEF, have managed to get a train driver, that requires no real education level about £1000/week + So a nurse £2000/week If Labour get in?
Underpaid considering the 3 years university + placements to become a nurse. What would he suggest. One of Labour's main union backers, ASLEF, have managed to get a train driver, that requires no real education level about £500/week + . So a nurse £2000/week If Labour get in?
Oh he would know
Typical Labour shouldn’t be saying what’s Boris and his team is doing wrong He should be saying How can we help......
So what are they
Try being more helpful think of all that has been done. Would love to have seen what labour would have accomplished.
No matter who was in charge mistakes would and will be made. No politics please. Time to come together for us all.
A bit rich coming from another poor choice leader that allows paedophiles to go free leaving hundreds of women terrified. BIG mistake
Absolutely right. BorisJohnson & MattHancock have shown they are not fit for purpose. They have created a Stasi police force & an Orwellian Big Brother society but NHS carers are dying because of a lack of PPE & testing.
Would have been interesting if he and the shambolic lot had got into power,but sure they would have reacted on 1st Jan the day after China announced it.
We do something then don't just talk about it.
Promoting Lisa Nandy to Foreign Secretary, you have lost my vote. I don't like back stabber.
Yes!! The biggest mistake is BorisJohnson hasn’t locked us down fully and you still get shameless idiots going to the park! The amount of people crying out for this is unreal!! This weekend has surely got to prove that!! Or today at least!! 😩😩
Hasnt even been in the job 48 hrs. Now hes an expert
5minutes in and creating controversy for gods sake don't be a negative chump now is not the time for party political gains get a grip! Either help or shut up!
Not as much as the total feck up labour would have made if they were in charge. Different muppet, same crap from the idiot camp hiding under the labour banner.
Absolute twat ! What could he of done better really
It is not long before he puts his butt in, every bodies good after the event. No different to his predecessor.
Still making
'......CHINA VIRUS = CORONA VIRUS....' It's made in China virus
The wisdom of hindsight ...
Never mind the perceived mistakes get onto Boris and help him rather than criticise pull together FFS.
And labour would of done better 😂🤪I don’t think so idiots
How many of those critical of Stamers statement are key frontline healthcare workers? Anyone? Anyone at all? I am. His criticism is justified and it's about time labour did it's job. Find me ANY frontline healthcare workers that are satisfied with government response.....
So much for not point scoring during the crisis
Typical labour... replacing one wanker with another. Completely unhelpful comments. 👏🏻
Like labour have a crystal ball and foresee the future like my holiday plans Will the tax payer be happy if the government invest money into something that may happen but dont, bit like Boris water cannon
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Labour getting boring now. Disagree for disagreeing sake is quite pathetic. Thought you were all coming together during this crisis?
newLabouruk are you having a laugh!! Your new leader already. Time for unity and collaboration he said. Yeah right.
I'd like to have seen the Labour party do better under the circumstances ... Rather than criticising, do something useful for a change to help this crisis
Well working with the government in a cooperative way didn't last long did it?
That’s right, Sir Kier. Ease yourself in gently. Pick the really low hanging fruit, Smash the ball home with an open goal. Don’t want to overextend yourself on your first day, do you? I hope you’ve got better than that lined up.
Same old labour, critical but don't come up with credible alternatives. More time in opposition from
He is in a great position standing on the sidelines shouting ' you're doing it all wrong ' . He is right though it's a fucking mess
Serious mistakes, oh dear, here we go again ! Stammer knows better than the best scientific brains !
And here I was hoping the new leader was going to be an inspiration and someone to rally behind, but no ,here he is pointing fingers and playing the political blame game while the country is on its arse.
Of course he’s a expert now, interesting times coming up wait until the mask slips !
Yes the most serious was electing a Tony Blair clone. He even sounded like him. I wonder if Milligan will be making his way back. At least Blair will be made a Lord.
Typical political party, wether it be Conservatives or Labour in opposition they can’t give any answers to problems just criticise instead of coming together in these bad times and helping
Sadly Typical and to be expected, thought he might be a bigger person than to try to hype his politics and point scoring, seems he may well be just another labour a——-e
Leader of opposition says the government isn't doing it right . . . . . . . How is that news, that's the standard position of an opposition isn't it ?
I wish all this arguing would stop. Our nation is getting hit with thousands of deaths. And many many more to come. Helpeach other people, work together and try to beat the pandemic. Just be nice to each other, it doesn’t cost anything to be nice. Focus on our health
No change playing politics talking rubbish instead of supporting the nation
Here we go, he should be offering support to the government at this moment in time
Yet again instead of backing and supporting the government in these unprecedented times Labour attack and criticise....same old same old🙄🙄🙄
Perfect start for the new leadership, turn a global crisis into political gain. This is exactly why the nation has zero respect for politicians. ZeroMorals
Now is not the time for this you should be working together to help stop this horrible virus and save lives not stabbing the other party in the back.
But he his not going to be scoring any political goals through the pandemic
He said this wasn’t going to be an opportunity for opposition to score points, didn’t take him long to start
Everything is easy with hindsight, this is not the time for political point scoring !
Oh, he's already the perfect labour leader. All complaints, but no remedies All soundbites no real logic.But left wingers will say its ' calling the govt to account,'.well, guess what, every country is saying their govt aren't doing perfectly either, who could at such a time.
And so it begins ........
Agreed, but do I think a Corbyn led Labour Govt.nwould have done better - No! Now is not the time for political points scoring it is a time to come together to deliver results - what’s the Labour C-19 exit strategy has this been presented for discussion?
2 minutes in the job and off we go again with the mud slinging!! Some things are greater than the playground politics! NO PARTY would have been prepared for this!! Work together to resolve it and then back to the playground!! COVID2019 UKlockdown
At a time when we should be pulling together not apart! Thank god we have the gov we’ve got, Nobody in Lab fit for purpose
How stupid can People be, if we end the lockdown, then thousands more WILL die, as for the exit strategy, it's simple, we get back to normal perhaps 1 Month AFTER the last Person in Britain dies from this plague, anything else could possibly condemn thousands to die
Come out of hiding Starmer,where have you been the last few weeks, it's called hindsight
Same old same old labour nothing changes you have not learned or are willing to learn
Love to hear the solutions they’d offer to the criticisms they’re making... oh yeh they haven’t got any
Vaccinate with what dear Keir, with what?!!
Sorry but it does sound like political scoring which they said they wouldn’t. Hindsight is wonderful!
BBC new hero
Day one morning and more worthless statements in this current climate Corbyn in the making
No political gain here then not much
Uv got to take responsibility too. Ur supposed to be working alongside the opposition on this and speak out at the time. Sitting back and waiting to pounce is wilful neglect.
I think the British public need to understand that each individual healthcare trust is / are responsible in ensuring that those working in the NHS have the right PPE and enough of the right PPE long before it becomes a Ministers responsibility.
Calling for a national vaccine scheme. Even though a vaccine doesn't yet exist. Seems new labour is old labour 🙄
Oh for god's sake man. This is exactly the reason why people are sick and tired of politics. Give it a rest point scoring. It's pathetic. It's not the time.
Shut up BBC.
Well that helped didn’t it. not
A national vaccination program sounds like a fine idea. IF THERE WAS A VACCINE!!! Do not play politics in a national emergency.
Bless 5 minutes into the job , already making friends 🤡
Well, true to form, showing real hypocritical leadership. Yesterday he said he would provide positive support & work with the government & ensure mistakes would be avoid. Today, he’s sticking the left wing boot in. The more things change the more they stay the same, pathetic.
yes we dig it man, we on social media are on the frontline dealing with this omnishambles-welcome to the fray.
He would say that wouldn’t he.
Yeh like you could do any better prick
forgottenLTD
Just what the country needs now, an opposition leader with 20/20 hindsight- brilliant
The cure will be worse than the disease by time this is over
Typical of Labour to use even the Pandemic to try and score disgusting political points instead of trying to work as part of a team to overcome this crisis. May you live in the political wilderness for ever and answer to your god when the time comes.
That’s why it’s called. Supply and Demand and unless you’ve had you’re head buried in a sand pit, most of the globe have been after the equipment Staysafe
National vaccine programme’. Brilliant idea...., what a shame we don’t have a vaccine yet.... another f***ing idiot leading the Labour Party. Making waves when the country needs to pull together rather tearing it apart.
Why oh why did he not step forward at the beginning of the global pandemic and say 'stand back everyone.. I'm the worlds leading Covid19 Pandemic Strategist.. I will solve it in a jiffy' Why Because he isn't and he never...
Great start. Undermining the government in a time of war.
Insight is a marvellous thing he’s as bad as Corbyn. I suppose he’s an expert 😤 another 🤡that knows it all.
He’s started already.
We will work across party’s. Then precedes to find fult with the Unknown’s like all countries have
All we are going to hear about from the left wing BBC is Starmer said this Starmer said that. If you look at this report he is already trying to jump on the bandwagon, stating the bloody obvious about vaccines.
This is not the time for slagging people off it’s a time for offering your help to the pm to save life’s not lay blame let’s fix this then talk where we’ve gone wrong.
Stop making it political. Please.
The last thing the country needs is someone who will say how they would have done it differently hindsight is great
And so it begins.....he'll feel the need to show his 'comrades' that he has the balls to criticize the government even though he hasn't been part of any decision making process (quite rightly).
So here we have a new Labour leader that only yesterday stated it was his intention to work with HMG constructively! So the 1st opportunity he does the opposite, so easy when you didn’t have to make the decisions! Same old Lefty Labour on his 1st day! Sir
Just another unhelpful headline. He’s spot on, challenge each other, ask the difficult question, that’s what true leaders want. Political bias should be forgotten, we need everyone working together on this. unity
Oh here we go...the LabourParty would have tackled the coronavirus so much better....🙄
Just looking at the graph shows that the various approaches taken by countries has made no difference to the trajectory. Starmer is not a virologist, an epidemiologist, a behaviourist or medical doctor. He's with other party leaders have been invited to a briefing, nothing more
Next please!.. This one is as daft as the last one..👎..
Same old tripe!
Starmer should know about mistakes, that's why he's not in number 10.
No change from Labour then, looks like your staying out of power.
Here he goes! only been in the seat one day!! Keir_Starmer I know it’s your job to question the BorisJohnson but this is not the time! hindsight
Wanker
I can't wait for the option to shop elsewhere and NOT HAVE TO PAY my BBC licence fee for this ongoing rubbish.
Here we go
I'm sure the government would agree, but now is not the time for trying to win votes. Labour would have fucked up a lot bigger!!
I am sure he’s had a full briefing and had all the details. If not he would never say any old rubbish he’s seen in the papers Sian arrival could be out the day he won. He we go again
🐂 💩
Another labour dickhead , time to work together not slag each other off mistakes will be made we’ve not had to cope with anything like this before it’s a very steep learning curve
It’s tiring to keep hearing labours ‘how things should be done’ stance. Now is not the time to bicker but come together to get the country through this....
Sadly you haven’t been in charge and it’s easy to judge be it right or wrong. Now hush millionaire not so working class man.
WARNING, WARNING, new backstabber without answers on the block.
If Starmer has been in parliament these few weeks why hasn’t he pointed out the alternative solutions then? itshisjob
Thank God Labour aren't in charge.
And we're off !! Didn't take this tw*t long to start stirring.
Reads like he thinks the PM buys all the things required and delivers them to each hospital personally. It’s the managers at the hospitals not doing their job.
Just because you are the new leader of 'Failed Labour' doesn't mean you know better than the government. Just shut your bloody mouth!
I get that it’s the oppositions job to pick holes in the government but these are unprecedented times. I have never voted for the current ruling party but I want them to do the best they can to get us through this safely without being distracted by petty political point scoring.
I read he is the person who would not prosecute Jimmy Saville yet all the evidence was there?
Didn’t take UKLabour long to put politics before the safety of people...
A leading epidemiologist speaks 🙄.....
And so it begins KeirSez BBCquotes faithfully editted and run.
Making statements without access to all the information available government is an error. Not Keir_Starmer fault: press would criticise if he didn’t.
Great way to divide people in a time when we need each other more and more.
Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Corbyn Lite ohn Worboys
Oh what a surprise. Opposition leader criticises government’s response to national crisis. Keir_Starmer would impress me more if he was constructive with his comments. Bad move, you’ve alienated people already!
Here they go, argue for arguments sake. Whats the point in the left if all they want to do is score political points in a pandemic. I respect NicolaSturgeon so much more recently, at least all she cares about is scotland and theres no other agenda.
Didn’t take this snake long did it ? We’re all in this together, it’s a trial and error situation. You can talk to your blue in the face,we needed to act as a nation. The first step of trust failed. Hopefully the second steps work and people behave. One goal.
Straight into trying to score cheap political points. When people are dying. Typical lefty scumbag.
Yet another white male taking a leading role and just blaming the other side! Why don’t you make a real change and actually work with 10DowningStreet and conquer this together!!!
Cheap scoring of political points. Jeremy would be so proud of you Kier. Anything to get The BBC's approval.
Yeah course and you know, god put Commie Corbyn back
Here we go
oh using coronavirus for his own political reasons. we all know that mistakes where made and are still being made by Hancock and saying he is making mistakes is being kind. What the hell has Brexit got to do with anything at the moment with what is going on.
Cheers Jeremy
Mistake number one, being Labour front bench Brexit rep pushing to remain when the country voted to leave. Supporting a Corbyn when Labour is being investigated for anti-semitism. I could go on but I’m limited to 255 characters which is more than the number of MPs they now have.
Not the time for blame its time for helping the country get back on its feet, so if you have no decent contribution to make, shut up.
Did not take him long to start undermining the hard work people are making to fight the virus
Starmer has become an expert overnight, the mark of arrogance.
Just what the country needs in a moment of crisis, a disingenuous twerp with a big mouth criticising but no original thinking or genuine constructive ideas. And the hideous press core lapping it up
you should be trying to help the country ! not trying to make political points FIRSTMISTAKE FIRSTDAY
Instead of looking for ways to undermine the Conservatives do something to help. You and you Keir_Starmer are seen as part of the enemy of the people when you do this. When will you learn?
Suddenly he’s a bloody expert..Jesus...
Twenty:Twenty hindsight. WHO believed Chinese and our position is probably better than Italy, US and Spain
Sir Keir Starmer show some respect BBC
In job 5 mins and off we go, shouldve,couldve ,done this done that,govt desperately trying to save lives and beat this can do without army of ignorant armchair experts including Starmer,should keep mouth shut til hes met with PM n team of experts and knows what hes talking about
Jimmy Saville - Serious mistakes made
Same old, same old. Starmer says no opposition for opposition sake in victory speech, then does just that in Sunday Times article. Of course mistakes have been made and of course exit strategies are needed and of course a vaccination programme is needed. All obvious stuff Keir.
Doubtless the BBC are delighted with their latest oily little Blairite virtue-signaller, but he'd be better occupied trying to make a positive contribution than in trying to score cheap party political points over a government whose competence he has never come close to matching
Simmer down and get back on gogglebox
National vaccine, do we have one?
Restrictions should be increased to prevent scenes like this in Cambridge! These idiots are potentially killing people!
Now is the time to all pull together and fight COVID-19 . Comments like this from a new incoming Labour Leader isn't going to help. Be constructive with your comments Starmer. Stay home. Protect the NHS. Save lives. 🌈 Stay Safe 🌈
Keir_Starmer time to be part of the solution, leave the arguments till this is behind us.... ridiculous
He gets all his scripts written by Tory Blair.
What like this one?
Yeah cos what we need right now is someone using this awful situation for political gain 😡😡
The remainer's media playing politics with all our lives. Starmer is a London based millionaire shyster lawyer, who took a back-hander to stop democracy and will not condemn grooming gangs because he wants the Muslim vote.
Oh here we go 5 minutes in the job and he’s the expert,so now we’ve got to put up with his ridiculous mouth for the next few years .
Oh pray tell what and where would Labour getting their eminent scientists and experts from - another planet perhaps?
For years half of ‘the country’, it seems, have been crying out for leadership which really puts best interests of ‘the country’ first. It’s taken crisis, a Germ War, for ALL true leaders to surface. Guess what! Half of our ‘Untying Kingdom’ seems to be groaning like hell!
Don’t be an arsehole straight out the blocks eh?
First mistake was appointing you leader! You have started out whinging in a typical Labour manner, whilst promising to help the Prime minister! Not sure you are capable of offering any constructive advice 🤫
Is this his we are going to act!!!!!! Look at the faces of people from the pm to the carer and see the huge effort they have made. Stop this crazy points scoring. Correct issues we had for next time, because there will be a next time. Fix ur party starmer before pointing finger!
Fuck, now we have to listen to this guy.
We are just fortunate that Labour are not in power during this crisis.
So here we go points scoring on hind sight while people die!!. We are all hind sight experts. Point finger at gov, you must point finger at civil served, UK health, NHS, docs, nurses, because everyone will have made mistakes, wrong calls under extreme stress and exhaustion
This is not the time for political point scoring. Work together for a solution - ill judged carping from the sideline.
Y DOES THE OTHER SIDE ALWAYS THINK THEY NO BETTER..... THE GOV is working there socks off. Show the bloody respect and help.
And I don’t the labour idiot would have done any better
This is not.the time for dat now...
.......and......he’s out of the gate - Political point scoring!
Will you be discussing this with him or is that the deal ?
He got one thing right “to many stories” especially from BBC and it’s junior doctor labour activists. Looks like kier is another BBC supporter. Oh well soon to be gone or subsidised
No no BBC, it’s a Labour leader, you need more negative words in your headline, or were they only revered for Corbyn.
So much for national unity. Labour are going for another 10 years in the wilderness and that’s fine for me.
Yet another whining labour protestor. Ffs.
Tell you what a serious mistake is. Refusing to prosecute Muslim grooming gangs leading to 1000s of young girls being drugged and raped.
And So It Begins
Serious mistakes made undermining British democracy!👇
Let's not take advantage of this tragic virus for political gain, let's get over it and then move forward.
How do you fix it ? Million $ question? We don’t need a repeat of your predecessor!
You have the privilege of retrospect Sir, not a good idea to turn tragedy political....
So this is the way to rally and unite people? Why not use your soap box to inspire and encourage when people are struggling instead of trying to score brownie points? Childish!
W ⚓!
Ere we go governor! Let's say something and eventually blame it on Brexit
Best not snipe Look forward Yes?
I’m already bored by this goon
Breaking: Keir Starmer uses adjective !
Says professor starmer
So you say! Need to get through this please , stay calm no arguments like the two parties did with Brexit . We are looking for everyone’s ideas or Someone to lead the people through this human massacre of painful death . It is just like the London plaque 1665 -1666 killed 200000
Since when was Starmer an expert in how to deal with a killer pandemic
And in the non-prosecution of Saville.
And so it begins....
I'm not sure I would call them mistakes. Buying the green milk instead of the blue one is a mistake. Throwing an entire country of people under a bus...that level of treachery...the queen should be calling for heads to roll tomorrow.
The only thing testing does is give you a number, people are MORE than numbers, and if they are sick enough to to go to ER the priority is to TREAT not to TEST!! BorisJohnson
This reeks of thinly-veiled anti-Semitism. margarethodge your thoughts?
Bosh, they are out to get you already, Apparently a pandemic is secondary to the hatred you are getting, anyway, do you like your new office?
And so the blaming starts...same old same old
Less than a day in the job and already got a god complex
YellShark appointing you is one of them, 6 months max 😂
I have to give credit where credit is do. This is a great article by Starmer full of great suggestions and most unlike Boris’ approach which is to wing it just as he did with Brexit and the election.
So, with the help of the BBC, the new head of the Politburo, Keir_Starmer , straight out of the gate, starts with Labours only contribution to politics...Tory bashing. Bitching about testing that does NOTHING, and the lack of a vaccine program, despite there being no vaccine!
Tell us something we don't already know, jeremycorbyn has been highlighting these points, as leader of the opposition since the crisis 👍 have you had a handover with him yet?
By not telling the truth?
He started off by saying it was time to pull together and support the government’s measures but that’s upset the looney left so he’s had to come out with a criticism to keep them quiet - just disgusting politics as usual !
An own goal on day one? Yikes. Imagine deciding to time this a day before a unifying message from the Queen.
Sir it is high time to shift supply chain businesses to India from virus factory China.
Please, please help our NHS and all those vulnerable by suggesting a proper lockdown.
Here we go.......💩
How can we have an exit strategy when we don't know when the end will happen? Crystal ball ?
And also, bbc gleefully leading with it. Well, we have more if the same from UKLabour and Keir_Starmer . Division at a time the people need unity. He doesn’t know what has been done, he hasn’t had access to experts, but let’s just kick the government. Pathetic
In other news, water is wet. Lazy, lefty, desperate nonsense.
Its china fault nothing to do with boris hes doing his best. The NHS have got medical equipment and supplies shortage because of George Osborne cutting everything to the bone.i dont like this new labour leader already.
Oh here we go! In post a minute and he’s an expert who could have done better. Well, it’s your old cronies’ £3.4 bn debt they’ve just written off so show some bloody unity will you Keir_Starmer ? BorisJohnson asked to to no. 10 in good faith, not so you could score points.
Oh here we go. So much for unity and pulling together. Bloody hate what Labour have become.
He is never going to say Great job is he?
No way
Shame crap over & over again just like corrupt police. We will learn from mistakes. Costing vulnerable people their lives
Oh I see, the new kid on the block criticising the current government, how unusual. This is playing politics when people are fearful, this guy needs to be more helpful, what proven leadership skills does he have in controlling a whole country fighting a killer virus ?
He’s only been in the job 5 minutes and he’s trying to us who made the mistakes ! Shut up man m, seriously pissing off me off already . The current govt are doing fine . This is the Unknow they are doing all they can to get it under control.
Peado supporter
Starmer refused to prosecute grooming gangs. That was a mistake.
Not so long ago bojo and his cronies cheered and howled in delight at blocking a pay rise for nurses
So why has he been silent for weeks these politicians don't care about us they just care about winning the next election.
Yeah by Labours members
Starmer Wars: A New Hope
Says the bloke who refused to go after grooming gangs. The Tories will have a field day with this clown.
Says the man that didn't convict Jimmy Saville with insurmountable evidence.
Did you ask him who funded his campaign? Thought not!
Pipe down pal it’s your first day!!
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