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Keir Starmer's attempts to claw back voters is getting far too predictable. (Image: Getty)
The Prime Minister’s increasingly desperate attempts to win back voters as his popularity continues to nosedive have become all too predictable. After cruelly stripping winter fuel payments from pensioners in need last year, Sir Keir Starmer is now trying to lure them back with vague promises to revisit that same silly decision. His latest announcement only reinforces what many of us already believe: the man has no backbone. Starmer seems to drift wherever public opinion takes him, making ambiguous statements in a transparent attempt to claw back support, yet he consistently fails to follow through.
While I agree with the principle behind his latest pledge – making more pensioners eligible for winter fuel payments – he conspicuously avoided committing to any immediate action. Instead, he deferred the matter to the next Budget, expected later this year, preemptively stating: “As you would expect, we will only make decisions we can afford.”
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10 million pensioners were stripped of their winter fuel payments last year. (Image: Getty)
The last eight words of that sentence are Sir Keir’s get-out-of-jail-free card for when he inevitably announces that no changes will be made. I fully expect the Prime Minister to say, after a supposedly ‘thorough review’ of public finances, that it’s simply not possible, before predictably blaming the ongoing fallout from 14 years of Tory mismanagement, at a time when he'll be well over a year into his own government’s term.
Ten million pensioners relied on those payments to stay warm through the winter, a critical lifeline amid ever-rising living costs driven up by Labour. But perhaps Sir Keir, living comfortably in his London pad and enjoying perks from well-placed peers, has become detached from the reality many pensioners face.
The annual allowance, ranging from ￡100 to ￡300, helped countless older people manage their heating bills. Yes, some recipients may not have needed it, but millions absolutely did.
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The Prime Minister seems to be playing a political game of whack-a-mole. Every time criticism mounts, he bats it away with a vague promise, only to repeat the cycle when the next issue arises. For instance, the delay in signing the Chagos Islands deal was clearly a move to avoid additional backlash in the wake of his sweeping welfare cuts. It's just another problem he's postponing, not solving.
So, at the risk of sounding overly cynical, I urge Brits to take today's announcement with a hefty pinch of salt. And pensioners, please, don’t hold your breath.
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