Keir Starmer was repeatedly slammed on TalkTV.
Keir Starmer (Image: Getty)
Lord Andrew Robathan delivered a scathing critique of Keir Starmer, branding the Prime Minister “useless and embarrassing” over his leadership during the conflict in the Middle East. During his appearance on TalkTV with presenter Ian Collins, Lord Robathan admitted he is embarrassed to be a part of UK politics due to Starmer’s actions. He said: “I don’t think Starmer achieved anything. The broader issue is really worryingly the embarrassment to this country by Starmer leading us. I find it all very depressing. He’s useless, he’s embarrassing and he doesn’t know what he’s talking about.”
Collins added: “I don’t think it’s in his political DNA to be that engaged with something like this.” Lord Robathan agreed: “I don’t think it is. He saw himself as a manager when need a leader and he’s not even managing well. As things get more and more difficult, he’s seeming more and more absurd.”
“I find it embarrassing for us, I find it embarrassing for him and I’m rather embarrassed for the country.”
Collins admitted he was confused as to why Donald Trump is blockading Iranian ports, less than a day after peace talks with Iran in Pakistan broke down.
“My confusion on this is simple, I thought the whole deal was to get the thing open,” the presenter confessed.
Lord Robathan replied: “I thought it was too. I’m not involved in any politics here. I thought it was done. It needs to be thought through more carefully.
“I would’ve thought that the USA could deploy mindsweepers and could clear the Strait, helped perhaps by UK ships, but it isn’t happening at the moment.”
Steering the discussion back to Starmer’s failures, he declared: “I find the whole thing embarrassing. I find it embarrassing to be British. I find it embarrassing to be a part of UK politics.”
Starmer has refused to support Trump’s blockade of Iranian ports, believing the UK must meet the conflict in the Middle East “calmly but with strength”.
Addressing the Commons on Monday (April 13), he said: “As the Middle East conflict shows, once more, the world in which we live has utterly changed; it is more volatile and insecure than at any period in my lifetime, and we must rise to meet it calmly but with strength.
“That is exactly what we’re doing at home and abroad. We are strengthening our security, taking control of our future, and building a Britain that is fair for all. My guide from the start of this conflict has always been our national interest.
He added: “And that is why we are working now to restore freedom of navigation in the Middle East, because that is squarely in our national interest.”