ITV fans all made the same complaint as the Prime Minister appeared on today’s episode of Loose Women. On Thursday (18 December), Keir Starmer joined the panel live in the studio to exclusively discuss the Government’s plans to tackle violence against women and girls. He also spoke about their pledge to halve the rate of female-based violence over the next decade. The Loose Women panel asked Starmer some questions about his strategy, which includes eradicating teaching boys about misogyny in schools. The Prime Minister was quizzed by Charlene White, Judi Love, Myleene Klass, and Mariella Frostup.
Viewers at home reacted online as Starmer spoke with the panel, with one person moaning: “Hey everyone, KY Kweir Starmer is on #LooseWomen right now… Please retune and enjoy #BargainHunt .. that’s better..”
A second also chimed in: “Starmer!!! REALLY scraping the bottom of the barrel today!! I’ve turned over!”
A third similarly echoed: “@ITV @loosewomen OMG just turned it off don’t want to see that man on my screen Never Here Keir.”
A fourth said on Facebook: “Please get that man off Loose Women – had to switch off – can’t bear to listen to him saying how wonderful he is and what a great job he’s doing.”
However, one viewer disagreed and said: “Seeing the PM on there with the ladies today has been a great watch . Seeing you all discussing with him about very important topics and him being very down to earth … keep up the fabulous work ladies , I shall be watching more often. I have now warmed to Sir Keir.”
Speaking about his pledge to tackle violence against women and girls, Starmer said on the show: “They will make a difference, and we must make the difference. I really wanted to come on Loose Women to launch this strategy because of your campaigning on this, and I know we can only do this if we do it together.”
He added: “Now, halving violence against women and girls is really difficult. I’ve been working on this issue for the best part of 20 years. When we were doing it in criminal justice, we took measures; they moved the dial a bit, but halving it is really, really difficult.
“The bit that’s different in this strategy is the preventative bit. I was always dealing with what do we do after the event, when someone has come home and said something’s happened to me, which is hard enough to do. We’re also doing how do we look at prevention, particularly talking to teenagers.”
