‘Bwahaha!’: Starmer Promises Britons a Rose Garden but Gives Them a Fistful of Thorns

It’s starting to look like Sir Keir won the election with a ‘loveless landslide.’

AP/Frank Augstein, file
Prime Minister Starmer at London, July 24, 2024. AP/Frank Augstein, file

There’s a costume sometimes worn by stage performers that must have looked quite daring when it originated in Weimar Berlin — the half-man/half-woman costume. Turn sideways left and show the audience a lovely frock and an elaborate wig. Turn sideways right and show them a dashing top hat and tails.

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