Police have taken down two banners from a major dual carriageway in the UK, encouraging drivers to loudly sound their dissatisfaction with Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Banners urging motorists to “beep if you think Keir Starmer is a w****r” and urging the Government to “stop the boats” caused chaos on the A4 Portway in Bristol as a chorus of honking turned it into the “loudest dual carriageway in Britain”. Locals also said the response was “louder than the Rolling Stones” – but the banners were ultimately taken down after a patrolling officer was alerted to the mayhem.
There were no official noise complaints lodged with the police, according to The Sun. A spokesperson for the Avon and Somerset force said: “A patrolling officer was alerted to two signs on overbridges on the busy A4 Portway on Wednesday, August 20.
“Due to the potential they could result in a distraction to drivers, as well as a nuisance to nearby residents, they were removed.”
While Starmer has been a major player on the international stage since taking power last year, his domestic policies have attracted a barrage of negative attention, with particular criticism levelled at his attempts to tackle the illegal migration crisis.
Home Office figures showed that the number of arrivals since Labour won the general election hit 50,000 this month.
At the beginning of August, the PM signed a new “one in, one out” deal with France, proposing that for each migrant the UK returns to France, another person with a legitimate case for asylum in Britain will be permitted to stay.
However, around 2,500 migrants crossed the Channel in small boats in the 11 days after the deal took effect – bringing the total number for the year to over 28,000.
Starmer’s Government has also been lambasted for its frenzied cost-cutting schemes since arriving in Number 10, including by cutting winter fuel payments for pensioners and introducing inheritance tax on agricultural land.
Labour’s subsequent U-turns on unpopular policies, including winter fuel payments and the grooming gang inquiry, have done little to turn the tide of public opinion and A recent wave of asylum hotel protests, after the amount of taxpayer-funded accommodation for migrants rose by 8% during Labour’s first year in office, suggest it won’t be budging anytime soon.