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Starmergeddon
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English
Etymology
From en Starmer -geddon, after Q6383803 1.
Proper noun
en UK politics neologism A supposed disaster predicted to take place after the 2024 election of Labour Party leader Keir Starmer as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
w:Boris Johnson The nation doesn't really want Sir Keir or his tax-hiking, EU-loving, soft-on-illegal-migration agenda. There's still time for us to swerve from the cliff edge of Starmergeddon https://web.archive.org/web/20240628142420/https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-13579993/BORIS-JOHNSON-nation-doesnt-really-want-Sir-Keir-tax-hiking-EU-loving-soft-illegal-migration-agenda-Theres-time-swerve-cliff-edge-Starmergeddon.html 28 June 2024 It would be a huge mistake. In the last debate Rishi Sunak showed what he can do, and on any fair reading he won. It is by no means too late to tilt the steering wheel in the direction of common sense, avert Starmergeddon, and prevent this country from going in completely the wrong direction.
w:Ken Fisher Don't stress Starmergeddon – Labour will usher in a market rise https://web.archive.org/web/20240821165808/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/investing/dont-stress-starmergeddon-labour-usher-in-market-rise/ 7 July 2024 Britain echoes this. In pounds, the FTSE All-Share rose in 15 of 17 US election year second-halves following first-half gains. We got your back, Union Jack. ¶ So, don't stress "Starmergeddon". Instead: think perverse, buy inverse. Buy now.
John Crace (writer) John Crace Relax, Starmergeddon hasn't happened. The grownups are in charge https://web.archive.org/web/20240715154646/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/12/relax-starmergeddon-not-happened-grownups-in-charge 12 July 2024 Well, we're all still here. According to most of the rightwing press, we were in for "Starmergeddon". Plague, floods and earthquakes would only be the start. Famine would be along shortly thereafter.
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