While Labour leader’s sci-fi sequence fell flat at PMQs, his ‘Conservative Corbyn’ joke was near suicidal
You’d have thought there were worse things to be called than “boring” as leader of the opposition. Especially when so many people in the country identify the prime minister as an amoral, lying chancer. Boring may not be ideal – who wouldn’t prefer to be engaging? – but at least it conveys an air of dependability. Someone who can be trusted to deliver.
But Keir Starmer seems to have taken the description given to him by some of the shadow cabinet to heart and is hell-bent on proving that he is actually very interesting. Which is completely counter-productive. Because he then falls into the boredom paradox.
