Reposted by PicStephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 30/03/2025say "Hardworkingfamilies" in the mirror three times 8429135
![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…
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DAVID CAMERON:
A magic word that will make you rich with cuts beyond your wildest dreams…
7
DAVID CAMERON:
The word, Keir… is…
Workingpipple.
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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!
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KEIR STARMER [practicing in the mirror]:
Workingpipple
DAVID CAMERON:
Don’t forget the hand
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