MPs from most corners of Commons laughed at the festive gag – but stony-faced Farage failed to see the funny side
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hisper it softly, but Keir Starmer made a joke. A good one at that. MPs from most corners of the Commons even laughed. Genuine laughter. Not the contrived partisan guffaws you usually get at prime minister’s questions that makes the public howl in despair.
OK, we can take issue with the delivery. Starmer has next to no grasp of comic timing. Any gag takes its life in its own hands when Keir is around. Most are dead on arrival. But let’s not be too picky. It was still a black swan event. A genuine rarity.
He can’t help not having much of a sense of humour. That’s the luck of the draw at birth. Keir is naturally disposed to be dull. To be literal. To take things at face value. And let’s be thankful for that. We had more than enough of comedians running the show under the Tories to last a lifetime. Take a bow, Boris Johnson and Liz Truss.
