{"id":121944,"date":"2023-12-03T11:29:31","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T11:29:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/?p=121944"},"modified":"2023-12-03T11:29:31","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T11:29:31","slug":"keir-starmer-ridiculed-with-three-words-over-desperate-bid-to-woo-tory-voters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/politics\/keir-starmer-ridiculed-with-three-words-over-desperate-bid-to-woo-tory-voters\/","title":{"rendered":"Keir Starmer ridiculed with three words over desperate bid to woo Tory voters"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tory minister reacts to Keir Starmer’s Margaret Thatcher comments<\/h3>\n

Sir Keir Starmer has been ridiculed by Health Secretary Victoria Atkins over his praise of Margaret Thatcher.<\/p>\n

The Labour leader said the former Prime Minister “sought to drag Britain out of its stupor by setting loose our natural entrepreneurialism”.<\/p>\n

But Ms Atkins said the Iron Lady would have had three words for Sir Keir over his bid to woo Tory voters.<\/p>\n

The Cabinet minister told Sky News’ Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips programme: “I think the public will see this for what it is.<\/p>\n

“Don’t forget, he wasn’t appealing to Margaret Thatcher’s entrepreneurial spirit when he was courting votes from the hard left.<\/p>\n

“And I suspect the great lady herself would view a man that is trying to ride on the coattails of her success with the following words: ‘No, no, no’.”<\/p>\n

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Ms Atkins was referencing a famous 1990 Commons response Mrs Thatcher gave to then European Commission boss Jacques Delors as he sought greater Brussels control.<\/p>\n

Tory MPs also took to social media platform X to mock the Labour leader over his remarks.<\/p>\n

Conservative Party deputy chairman Lee Anderson said: “A Thatcherite. Who knew?<\/p>\n

“This will please Owen Jones and the hard-left MPs of Labour. Or is it just another cheap political tactic? Your guess is as good as mine.”<\/p>\n

Fellow Tory Brendan Clarke-Smith shared a link to a Baroness Thatcher jumper in the Conservative Party shop, emblazed with her face and the words “no, no, no”.<\/p>\n

He said: “Happy to send Sir Keir Starmer one of our new range of Conservatives Christmas jumpers.”<\/p>\n

Redcar MP Jacob Young added: “Starmer has gone from wanting Corbyn to be PM, to pretending he likes Margaret Thatcher… There isn\u2019t a fence he won\u2019t sit on.”<\/p>\n

Sir Keir has also infuriated some on the left of his party with the tribute, while Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf said his comments were “an insult” to Scotland.<\/p>\n

The Labour leader used an article in the Sunday Telegraph to name Baroness Thatcher alongside former Labour prime ministers Tony Blair and Clement Attlee.<\/p>\n

Sir Keir said: “Every moment of meaningful change in modern British politics begins with the realisation that politics must act in service of the British people, rather than dictating to them.<\/p>\n

“Margaret Thatcher sought to drag Britain out of its stupor by setting loose our natural entrepreneurialism.”<\/p>\n

The Labour leader also said the Tories had “failed to realise the possibilities of Brexit” and “betrayed” voters on immigration.<\/p>\n

Conservative Party chairman Richard Holden said: \u201cKeir Starmer will say anything to get elected \u2013 this is yet another classic example of him saying what he thinks people want to hear, despite having a track record of doing exactly the opposite.”<\/p>\n