Five Reasons Why Starmer’s Top Team Didn’t Wish Him Happy Birthday
Sixty-two years ago today, a toolmaker and a nurse had a son who would go on to be Prime Minister. Though if Keir Starmer (62) was hoping for warm wishes from his inner circle, he would have been very disappointed. His spokesman has admitted that the PM’s entire top team forgot to wish him a happy birthday this morning, something his spokesman “feels really bad about”. With friends like these…
Guido wondered what could possibly be the reason for his team failing to say happy birthday to poor Starmer. Here are the top five most plausible answers:
- One MP tells Guido: “It’s probably because they expected him to U-turn on his birthdate too.”
- A Westminster insider says: “They were waiting till 6 p.m. on a Friday to celebrate.”
- Another adds: “They feared it would trigger another Tory Downing Street parties rant.”
- One freedom-loving wonk says: “Probably because banning birthdays is next.”
- One former Tory MP quips: “They didn’t want to remind him of the fact he’s in his least favourite age group of over-60s.”
Or, they simply don’t like him very much…
