Keir Starmer left tongue-tied as Sky News audience member makes brutal jibe
The Labour leader appeared briefly stumped about he was compared to a "political robot" by an audience member.
Audience member brands Starmer a 'political robot'
Sir Keir Starmer was left speechless when he was branded a "political robot" by an audience member during a live TV showdown tonight.
The audience member pressed the Labour leader on how he would convince him to vote for him during Sky News's The Battle For Number 10.
They said: "I admired how in touch you were with the public when you were a solicitor and became director of public prosecutions with the Crown Prosecution Service.
"But over the last year I feel like you have formed into more of a politician than the person I would have voted for to run the country.
"You seem more like a political robot. How are you going to convince others like me to vote for you?"
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As the audience laughed, Sir Keir paused and said: "Well, umm..."
He went on: "I went to run the CPS, I was the chief prosecutor for five years effectively bringing every criminal prosecution in England and Wales in our courts to make sure that where people broke the law they were prosecuted and you were kept safer because of that, working of course with my staff.
"I worked before that in Northern Ireland so I've had this constant theme in my life of trying to serve the public and that's why I worked in Northern Ireland, that's why I worked at the CPS, that's why I took the decision to go into politics.
"I came into politics quite late in life, I'd done other things beforehand, but I took the decision that I couldn't take the issues, make the changes I thought were necessary unless I entered politics. I was frustrated."
Pressed on if he thinks he has changed, Sir Keir added: "I'm much clearer in my own mind that the country must come first and the party second.
"I don't apologise for that, I think that's really important. I think it is as a result of coming into politics late because I'm not tribally political.
"I actually do believe there are good people who vote other than Labour who want their family, community and country to go forward.
"And that's why I've said if we are to come into power I want a decade of national renewal and I want everybody who wants the country to improve to feel that there's a place for them whether or not they traditionally voted Labour."
