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say "Hardworkingfamilies" in the mirror three times
Cartoon by Stephen Collins for the Guardian. Script as follows. Scene is the PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE in No. 10, at night. KEIR STARMER is looking in a large mirror over the fireplace. We see him looking at his reflection, with the empty office visible behind him in the mirror.] 1 KEIR STARMER [chanting into the mirror]: Hardworking families… Hardworking families… Hardworking… 2 KEIR STARMER: …families. [Behind him in the mirror the GHOST OF DAVID CAMERON has appeared]. 3 THE GHOST OF DAVID CAMERON: Well hello, Keir. KEIR STARMER: H-hello David… 4 DAVID CAMERON: I take it you’ve summoned me… for help? 5 DAVID CAMERON: You want a new word, don’t you Keir… 6 DAVID CAMERON: A magic word that will make you rich with cuts beyond your wildest dreams… 7 DAVID CAMERON: The word, Keir… is… Workingpipple. 8 KEIR STARMER [confused]: Working… people? DAVID CAMERON: No - 9 DAVID CAMERON: No you’ve got to say it weird, like “Workingpipple”. And you need to do the hand. [He pinches his fingers aloft, like a politician does] 10 DAVID CAMERON: It sounds a bit like “workers”, but not too… KEIR STARMER: Labourish DAVID CAMERON: You got it! 11 DAVID CAMERON: Crucially it allows you to be nice to City ‘workers’… *and* step on benefits claimants at the same time! 12 KEIR STARMER [practicing in the mirror]: Workingpipple DAVID CAMERON: Don’t forget the hand [ends]
March 30, 2025 at 6:31 PM