'I'm enjoying it, Nick!" Starmer won't be rushed into straight answers on phone-in
The Guardian|June 19, 2024
Over in Clacton, Nigel Farage's campaign was actually selling tickets to see him last night, at an event for voters billed as "Meet Nigel Farage".
Marina Hyde
'I'm enjoying it, Nick!" Starmer won't be rushed into straight answers on phone-in

At £3.41 a ticket, this clearly represents an exciting entertainment opportunity for those unable to afford the £71 that the Reform leader charges on Cameo, where he has continued filming personalised videos for fans and ironists throughout the general election campaign. Nigel seems to have spent a good chunk of Father's Day filming lucrative Happy Father's Day videos.

As a performing artiste, Keir Starmer's market value is probably somewhat below the £3.41 a ticket price point, though yesterday morning found the Labour leader free-to-air on LBC for a listener phone-in hosted by Nick Ferrari. This particular venue has been the scene of previous flounderings for Starmer, most notably on Israel being entitled to cut water and power supplies to Gaza, and sexbased rights. But that was then!

This is Starmer something-point zero - the one who is markedly more confident and who has a series of endlessly rehearsed defensive plays on pretty much every question. As he put it to Ferrari: "I'm enjoying it, Nick!"

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