‘Talk to me Goose’: Keir Starmer pokes enjoyable at French president Macron’s medical ‘Top Gun’ sun shades as he seems on comedy podcast
Keir Starmer poked fun at Emmanuel Macron last night over his uber-cool medical sunglasses.
The Prime Minister donned a pair of aviator-style specs and quipped ‘bonjour’ as he made a surprise appearance at a live recording of a political podcast.
Mr Macron turned heads at the World Economic Forum in Davos last week as he wore the £575 tinted glasses to hide a burst blood vessel in his right eye.
Macron made light of the look, calling it ‘l’oeil du tigre’ or the ‘eye of the tiger’, in a reference to rock band Survivor’s song used in the 1982 boxing movie Rocky III.
Last night Sir Keir was handed a similar pair as he appeared on The Political Party podcast, hosted by former Labour aide Matt Forde.
The audience laughed as he put them on and said he would consider wearing them to summits.
Posting the footage on his TikTok page and tagging the French president, the PM later wrote ‘talk to me Goose’, a reference to the Top Gun films, in which Tom Cruise wears similar glasses.
Sir Keir also used the recording at a London theatre to defend his decision to block Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham from returning to Westminster, to block a potential leadership bid.
The Prime Minister donned a pair of aviator-style specs and quipped ‘bonjour’ as he made a surprise appearance at a live recording of a political podcast.
Mr Macron turned heads at the World Economic Forum in Davos last week as he wore the £575 tinted glasses to hide a burst blood vessel in his right eye.
Posting the footage on his TikTok page, the PM wrote ‘talk to me Goose’, a reference to the Top Gun films, in which Tom Cruise wears similar glasses.
More than 50 MPs have signed a letter urging the party’s ruling national executive committee to look again at the issue.
Senior figures acknowledge that Labour is staring down the barrel of losing Gorton & Denton in the contest – being rushed through on February 26.
Reform and the Greens are both bullish about their chances, despite former MP Andrew Gwynne having secured a 13,000 majority in 2024.
Having barred Mr Burnham, Labour looks to be struggling to find a big name to be its candidate. Manchester council leader Bev Craig ruled herself out last night.
However, the PM has sounded defiance, stressing that Mr Burnham was refused permission because he would have triggered an election for Manchester mayor, rather than due to the threat of a leadership challenge.
‘What the NEC decided was we didn’t want to open up another front for a fight we didn’t have to have, which was the mayoralty in Greater Manchester … it wasn’t actually about the individual at all,’ he said.
Touring broadcast studios this morning, Housing Secretary Steve Reed insisted the decision was ‘done and dusted’.
‘Labour’s ruling National Executive Committee took a decision overwhelmingly, eight to one, that Andy should stay as mayor of Manchester because he was elected only two years ago to serve a four-year term,’ he said.
‘He made a commitment to serve that four-year term, and it’s reasonable that the people of Manchester should have him continuing doing, frankly, the outstanding job that he’s doing until his term comes to an end.’
‘It’s a decision that’s done and it’s dusted. Now, the Labour Party members in Gorton & Denton will go ahead and they will select the person they want to be the Labour Party candidate in that by-election, and we will then fight to win that by-election.’
