KEIR Starmer has defended his controversial and petty decision to remove Margaret Thatcher’s portrait by saying it is exactly what she would have wanted.
According to the prime minister, the removal of the £100,000 portrait from the Thatcher Room was done in the same spirit as the Iron Lady’s destruction of Britain’s manufacturing industry and her decision to snatch milk from children.
Starmer said: “It’s an entirely pointless move which will bitterly divide the country. Personally I can’t think of a more fitting tribute.
“Symbolically, it’s more than just the removal of an unsettling painting. It represents being able to exercise your own choices without the government getting in the way. If that’s not Thatcherism in action, I don’t know what is.
“I’m going to load it into an aircraft carrier and ship it off to its new home in the Falklands. Hopefully that will stop you all moaning about winter fuel payments and taxes and smoking in pub gardens.
“Yes, Thatcher’s probably looking down on us right now and feeling happy that her legacy is being fulfilled so faithfully. Or looking up on us, depending on where she is.”
He added: “Why did Gordon Brown commission it anyway? It must have given him f**king nightmares.”
