Keir Starmer Missing During Energy Crisis As Gordon Brown Becomes ‘Official Opposition’ | Politics | News

Sir Keir Starmer seems to have faded from public view as the cost of living crisis continues to hammer households across the country. The Labor leader has been largely absent from the front lines of politics, leaving critics questioning his drive to solve rising inflation. With Sir Keir out of the way, former Labor Prime Minister Gordon Brown seems to have emerged as the new face of the opposition to the Tory government. Political commentator Ali Miraj has mocked leading Labor politicians for ‘dining out’ amid ongoing economic turmoil.

On Talk TV, Mr Miraj said: “Gordon Brown appears to be the official opposition at the moment.

“I’m all for politicians to take breaks, it’s important, they work really hard and they’re in the public eye all the time, so they need a break.

“But right now we are facing a serious cost of living crisis and Labor seems to be eating lunch.

“We haven’t heard from Rachel Reeves or Keir Starmer, who was in the Edinburgh Fringe this week defending himself on it.”

The Labor leader appeared this week with broadcaster Iain Dale for an interview at Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

During the meeting, Sir Keir alluded to “unrepeatable” nicknames he uses to refer to outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

Sir Keir called Mr Johnson a “complete lame duck” for his passivity around the crisis of rising fuel costs.

He added: “The Labor party has actually been working on this for the better part of a year because energy prices and what we would do about it was the dominant theme of our conference last year.”

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