Over in Clacton, Nigel Farage’s campaign is actually selling tickets to see him on Tuesday night, at an event for voters billed as “Meet Nigel Farage”. At £3.41 a ticket (some still available at the time of writing), this clearly represents an exciting entertainment opportunity for those unable to afford the £71 that the Reform leader charges on Cameo, where he has continued filming personalised videos for fans and ironists throughout the general election campaign. Nigel seems to have spent a good chunk of Father’s Day filming lucrative Happy Father’s Day videos for other fathers, which – how to put this delicately? – is surely what it’s all about.
As a performing artiste, Keir Starmer’s market value is probably somewhat below the £3.41 a ticket price point, though Tuesday morning found the Labour leader free-to-air on LBC, for a listener phone-in hosted by Nick Ferrari. This particular venue has been the scene of previous flounderings for Starmer, most notably on Israel being entitled to cut water and power supplies to Gaza, and sex-based rights. But that was then! This is Starmer something-point-zero – the one who is markedly more confident and has a series of endlessly rehearsed defensive plays on pretty much every question. As he put it to Ferrari: “I’m enjoying it, Nick!” And if you enjoy watching the bus get parked, then these are the games for you.
