In an extensive Star Wars reference section, Starmer said Johnson was trying to “trick the Jedi into the country” by insisting that the economy was booming, also mocking the prime minister, saying his supporters had compared him to him. Jeremy Corbin. In response, Johnson repeatedly tried to change the subject, accusing the Labor leader of backing planned rallies next week and referring to opposition’s doubts about Rwanda’s deportation policy, saying he was “on the side of the traffickers.” . Starmer focused all his questions on the economy, saying Johnson seemed “utterly delusional”, insisting he was in good shape, given that the UK is projected to grow more slowly next year than any other large developed nation. “Week after week it stands there and launches the same nonsense – the economy is booming, everything is going well, people should be grateful,” Starmer said. “But while it tells people we’ve never had it so good, millions of employees and businesses know the truth.” Starmer mocked Johnson by comparing him to a Star Wars villain: “As for his boast about the economy, he thinks he can do tricks with the Jedi mind in the country. “These are not the droid you are looking for. No rules were violated. “The economy is booming.” The problem is that power is no longer with him. He thinks he’s Obi-Wan Kenobi. The truth is that he is Jabba the Hutt “. Jabba the Hutt (top, center). Photo: Century Fox / Rex / Shutterstock In a section remarkable for showing how far Starmer sought to oust Labor from his predecessor, he used a section referring to disgruntled Tory MPs to say that some had compared Johnson to Corbin. “They are making a lot of noise now, but I have a long list here of what his MPs really think of him,” Starmer said, reading excerpts such as “pulling everyone down,” “power is being destroyed,” and “he can not win it again.” confidence “before aptly asking the Conservatives to raise their hands if they had said so. Starmer added: “My personal favorite is this – this is a document circulating on his desk calling him the ‘Conservative Corbin’. “Mr. Prime Minister, I do not think that was intended as a compliment.” On the economy, Johnson referred to rising payroll employment, and argued that the reason the UK’s growth was to slow was because it had emerged from Covid earlier than comparable economies. Twice he asked Starmer to condemn the railway strikes, once he won a reprimand from the speaker, Lindsay Hoyle. Starmer replied: “It’s in the government. It could do something to stop the strikes. But he has not raised his finger. I do not want the strikes to go ahead, but it does. “The country wants to stop so that it can fuel the division.” Johnson went on to say that Starmer had not referred to the government’s failure to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda following legal challenges, saying: “He has not mentioned this, but he is on the side of traffickers.”
