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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jim Waterson Media editor

‘Sir Softy’: Starmer insult makes it from Sun headline to PMQs

Keir Starmer and the shadow chancellor, Rachel Reeves, eating ice-creams during a walkabout in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.
Keir Starmer and the shadow chancellor, Rachel Reeves, eating ice-creams during a walkabout in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Photograph: Stefan Rousseau/PA

Keir Starmer’s opponents have made a few attempts in the past few years to give him a nickname that sticks, such as “Captain Hindsight” during the Covid lockdown drama and “Sir Beer Korma” while being investigated over a curry.

Now Rishi Sunak has taken a turn, going for “Sir Softy” – a clear attempt to portray the Labour leader as being soft on crime.

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