Starmer vs The System: Even the Man “Born in the Matrix” Can’t Control the Bureaucracy
May 9, 2026
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as posted by the channelSir Keir Starmer really believed when he took office that his background as a civil servant would be an asset, making him uniquely capable of interacting with the permanent bureaucracy who really decide what happens in this country.Instead, those permanent bureaucrats are on the cusp of bringing him down: outraged as they are by his willingness to throw them under the bus to save his political skin.What does it show? It shows that even a creature of the system, who was “born in the Matrix”, to use a popular reference, cannot make it work for the country.
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