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People have been trying to guess what Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak were chatting about – 17 favourite funny suggestions
The King’s Speech has set out the intentions of the new Labour Government over the course of this Parliament. There were no surprises, with most of the 40 bills coming straight from the manifesto.
Some excellent thoughts in the #KingsSpeech
40 items on the agenda
What are your top 3?
Mine
Criminalising water bosses
Scrapping fire and rehire / zero hours
Rental reforms pic.twitter.com/aHxdCSvnNh— Carol Vorderman (@carolvorders) July 17, 2024
As per tradition, the PM and Leader of the Opposition walked from the Commons to the Lords side by side. That has, occasionally, been an awkward affair, but Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak seemed to get on perfectly well.
Farrukh – @implausibleblog – wondered how well.
What were Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak saying?
Any lip readers out there? pic.twitter.com/Z1PMEc8xqk
— Farrukh (@implausibleblog) July 17, 2024
Here are some of our favourite guesses.
1.
“Thanks for scrapping Rwanda”
“Well it was nonsense”
“I know, a complete croc but if I scrapped it I would have looked weak”
“Weaker!”
“Oh yeah, thanks”
— Simon W (@Whywickers) July 17, 2024
2.
Sunak: "Have you listened to the new eminem album yet? It goes hard" Starmer: "yes I've had it on loop since it dropped. His best work yet"
Sunak: "oh for sho"— harold stamper (@stamper_ha51532) July 17, 2024
3.
Sunak: I couldn’t believe it!
Starmer: Me neither. So who were those people in the audience at Johnson’s event?
Sunak: British press I think. People in the US have no idea who he is. They laugh at him!
Starmer: Yeah that figures….— Helen #FBPE #RejoinEU (@heib20) July 17, 2024
4.
Starmer: You applying for the England job?
Sunak: No mate, I'm off to California after this.— Steve Hook (@steve_hook8) July 17, 2024
5.
"I don't know whoo looked sillier, The King in that crown, or Trump with a teabag on his ear…"
"I know, Right?"— Tim Mitchell (@UndeadMedic) July 17, 2024
6.
"Are you in business? I have some hedge fund connections I could help you with."
"I was in law, but I've had to take a cut in pay to become this PM thingy"
"Oh, I was one of those for a while. Just funnel government contracts to your wife's business"
"Sounds a bit… Corrupt"— Ar David (@da_masse) July 17, 2024
7.
Sunak: So anyway, about those missing Billions… I hope you'll agree that we can let bygones be bygones and just focus on the future, right?
Starmer: Yeah mate, we saw the accounts. No chance of that happening in a month of Sundays. Heads will roll!
— Tobi (@TobiFrenzen) July 17, 2024
8.
"My dad was a toolmaker"
"Mine was a dentist!"
"We had no sky when I was a kid."
"Nor, did we".
"Oh and thanks for actually implementing my fags and vapes bill"
— FFJoe (@FFScout_Joe) July 17, 2024
9.
Starmer : ‘what did you think of the King’s Speech?’
Sunak: ‘always fancied Helena Bongo Whatshernsme and Colin First was good’— Dr Andy Hershon (@andyhersh) July 17, 2024
10.
The chequers carpet…
I know! I know! Been like that since Johnson! We’ve tried everything! pic.twitter.com/TEpx07d2XQ
— Marcus Inky (@Psychobillyinkk) July 17, 2024
11.
Bonding over the sheer vulgarity of the third Mrs Johnson's decor choices.
— Sir Richard D Mountbasket️️⚧️ (@RichMountbasket) July 17, 2024
12.
RS: 'I think I left a pair of underwear in one of the bedroom drawers '
KS: 'You did, and I'm wearing them. They're nice and tight'.— Steelboy ️ (@steelboysteel) July 17, 2024
13.
‘I got to level 50 last Friday night. Created a new character- Healer/Sorcerer sort of thing.’
— Max Johnson (@maxjthinks) July 17, 2024
14.
Sunak: "The boys done good and got the ball in the back of the net, but Spain were the better team on the day, isn't it."
Starmer: "Hahahaha. Oh, that's brilliant, Rishi. Personally, I would have played a more attacking game and kept the ball in their half. Yes?"
Sunak: "Hahaha."— Chris Middleton (@strategistmag) July 17, 2024
15.
Southampton are going straight back down, they have absolutely no chance of staying up. You'll sack your manager in 7 weeks and bring in Southgate.
— Salvo Montalbano #Scambaiter NO DMS (@Manwithaview1) July 17, 2024
16.
Rishi; " Keir.. I've got this plan, It's a great plan and …. "
— scott douglas (@scottdma) July 17, 2024
17.
Starmer is telling Rishi which shops do suits that fit
— CronusTitan (@CronusTitan2) July 17, 2024
One person went meta.
Just wait for it- the media will try to lip read what we are saying mate, lol. https://t.co/2cTFAZzdbg
— Denise Carver (@Sligogirls) July 17, 2024
A lipreader named Nicola Hickling told the Mirror that the conversation between the two men was as follows.
Sunak: I don’t know, it’s all about the influence, it’s how you influence.
Starmer: It’s working. I’m influencing.
And in another snippet –
Starmer: Apparently he misses the big things.
Sunak: And it’s an error, make him feel guilty.
Your guess is as good as ours.
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