An EPIC EGO BASHING Is Karma For Keir Starmer!

Right, so karma has come to bite the backside of the brylcreemed nightmare that passes for our Prime Minister as both Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch have come in for a bit of a beasting and deservedly so over comments both made last week at Prime Ministers Questions on the matter of immigration.
Now as I covered previously, the pair of them made horrendous disparaging comments in relation to a family of 6 Palestinians using the Ukraine refugee scheme, calling it wrong and a loophole that needed closing, because where 200,000 white Ukrainians are more than welcome, 6 brown skinned people absolutely are not and where Kemi Badenoch might be black herself, her narrative was one of white supremacy and no matter her own skin colour, it shouldn’t be a shield for that.
Starmer of course is the famous human rights barrister, the former Director of Public Prosecutions, so such a show of what can only be called blatant racism goes doubly worse for him and all the more so when someone far more credible from a legal standpoint has given him short shrift, calling into question any lawful talent Starmer was ever actually in possession of. Keith getting a dose of karma, what’s not to like?
Right, so this is a story that has sparked outrage, a lot of debate, and a much-needed conversation about racism, hypocrisy, and the UK’s treatment of refugees, this has really shone a light on the inherent racism within right wing political parties, with both Labour and the Tories aping the language of Reform UK to try and win their votes, never realising how badly they are losing the votes from their traditional base to Reform by doing so, no better advertising could Farage, Tice and Co wish for quite honestly. Casting your mind back to last week, during Prime Minister’s Questions, Labour leader Keir Starmer and Tory Leader, for now at least, Kemi Badenoch made comments about Gazan refugees that were just plain racist – white people welcome in the tens of thousands, but even a handful of brown skinned people are not – and this has been picked up on by one of the UK’s most senior judges. During PMQs, Starmer and Badenoch were asked about a specific case involving a Gazan family seeking refuge in the UK under the Ukraine visa scheme. Instead of addressing the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, both politicians chose to focus on why this family shouldn’t be allowed to come to the UK. Starmer questioned the legality of their application, while Badenoch suggested it was an abuse of the system.
With both Starmer and Badenoch having been vocal supporters of the UK’s generous response to Ukrainian refugees though and with the genocide in Gaza having played out before all of our eyes across social media as it has, sympathy for the people of Palestine is just as high as with those caught up in the conflict between Ukraine and Russia. In fact, over 200,000 Ukrainians—predominantly white and 45% of whom are blonde - have been welcomed into the UK with open arms, so the optics of the disparaging language used with regards to the people of Gaza were appalling to a great many people to say the least.
Now enter the judge, England and Wales Top Judge in fact, Lady Chief Justice Baroness Sue Carr, who didn’t hold back in condemning these comments:
‘England and Wales’s most senior judge has written to Keir Starmer about an “unacceptable” exchange with Kemi Badenoch at prime minister’s questions, saying she was “deeply troubled” by the discussion on the case of a Palestinian family’s right to live in the UK.
Lady Sue Carr, the lady chief justice, criticised the Conservative leader’s questions about the case, in which a family from Gaza had applied through a scheme designed for Ukrainian refugees.
She said it was also unacceptable for the prime minister to respond by saying the decision had been wrong and that the home secretary would be “working on closing this loophole”.
Carr said she was “deeply troubled to learn of the exchanges” at PMQs and told reporters she had written letters about her concern regarding judicial decisions. “I think it started from a question from the opposition suggesting that the decision in a certain case was wrong, and obviously the prime minister’s response to that. Both question and the answer were unacceptable,” she said.’
The judge described the exchange as 'deeply troubling' and highlighted the double standard at play. She also pointed out that the UK’s response to refugees should be based on need, not nationality or skin colour.
The judge’s words are damning, no matter how polite her response may have been because you have to consider that Keir Starmer is himself a former human rights lawyer, therefore supposedly he once fought for justice and equality, but as I’ve opined in the past, his himan rights record is now one of in my view, being in it for the money and not out of any actual belief in the human rights he once allegedly stood up to defend. For him to end up questioning the legitimacy of a Gazan family’s plea for safety and an entitlement to, given they already had family living here ought to be shocking fall from grace, but given how disliked he widely is, he can’t really fall a great deal further and others weighing in on this response from England and Wales’ top judge weren’t necessarily as polite. Cue Twitter:
Writer and Co-Director of the Pro Palestinian think tank Al Shabaka Dr Yara Hawari said:
‘Palestinians are teaching people around the world how their own political systems are rotten and broken.’
Couldn’t agree more, more and more people are waking up to the fact, helped in no uncertain terms by blatant displays of racism as we saw at PMQs.
Teacher Furaha Asani said:
‘Imagine having practised as a Human Rights Lawyer, and the 'top' person in your former sector has to call you out like this. Surely this should call for some introspection?’
And Carol #BlackLivesMatter wrote:
‘It is unacceptable what Starmer said. How can he choose to undermine a judge in that way. He's begging like Trump.’
It is sad to say though that as this topic was trending, the prioritised comments were all people choosing to attack the judiciary and the judge for overreach, rather than addressing the point the Judge raised which was the language used and the optics of it. Where people are screaming that this Judge should be fired or put back in her box, they miss the racism that horrified so many of us, but such is the state of the birdsite these days under the actual President of the US, Elon Musk.
All of it misses the plight of Palestinian refugees refugees themselves and bear in mind this case revolves around just 6. Gaza has been described as an open-air prison, with over 2 million people living in one of the most densely populated areas in the world. The genocide perpetrated by Israel has left tens of thousands dead, homes destroyed, and families desperate to escape. These are people fleeing war, just like the Ukrainians.
And yet, when it comes to Gaza, the UK’s response has been lukewarm at best, too many of our politicians having sold out to the Israel Lobby. The government has refused to create a specific visa scheme for Gazans, forcing families to navigate a complex and often hostile asylum system. Compare that to the Ukraine scheme, which was rolled out quickly and efficiently, offering Ukrainians a clear path to safety, especially if they had family already in the UK and it is because this Palestinian family had a family member here too, that they were able to cite their human rights to family life to use the same scheme themselves, so why the fallout when they’ve acted within the law, because it can’t be seen as anything other than racism and if Starmer and Co are so in hic to the Lobby that they fear letting 6 Gazans in may jeopardise some future funding, well who exactly are they working for in which case? That’s a question that deserves to be asked of them.
Now, the UK’s response to Ukrainian refugees has been commendable. Over 200,000 Ukrainians have found sanctuary here, and the public has shown incredible generosity, because let’s face it, they are the ones who have taken these people in, not the government. But why can’t we extend that same compassion to Palestinians when they are in the same situation if not worse? Most wouldn’t come here anyway, they would rather remain in the rubble of their home, they fear being blocked from returning, which has been forced upon some Gazans in need of medical treatment outside the strip as a condition of being allowed to leave, an ongoing human rights violation as that is, but one Israel have got away with for decades.
The judge’s critique highlights a disturbing truth: the difference in treatment isn’t about need or legality. It’s about race. It’s about the colour of someone’s skin and the biases that shape our policies. And that’s something we can’t ignore.
If you haven’t seen a clip going around of Russian born right wing muppet Konstantin Kisin claiming Rishi Sunak cannot be English because he’s brown, it really does exemplify the problem, given Sunak was born in Southampton and there is a world of difference between ethnicity and race, that Kisin would do well to reflect on, as would some of our politicians.
So, what does this mean for us? Well, it’s a call to action. We need to hold our leaders accountable for their words and actions. We need to demand a fair and equitable refugee policy that doesn’t discriminate based on race or nationality. And we need to have honest conversations about the biases that shape our world.
Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch’s comments are a symptom of a much larger problem. But by speaking out, by challenging these double standards, we can push for change. Baroness Carr has exercised her right to do that, despite right wingers braying in disgust, so can we.
Meanwhile, further hoohah has erupted following another visit to his dressing up box as Keir Starmer now talks of course about putting boots on the ground in Ukraine, really coming to the rescue of white people being oppressed despite continuing to arm white people in the Middle East doing the oppressing. The optics on that point are bad enough, but if we go militarily into Ukraine, well, who with? Our armed forces have never been smaller! Check out the details of that story in this video recommendation here as your suggested next watch. Please also hit like, share and subscribe if you haven’t done so already, so as to ensure you don’t miss out on all new daily content and help support the channel at the same time, which is enormously appreciated and I will hopefully catch you on the next vid. Cheers folks.