Bev Turner has criticised Sir Keir Starmer after the Labour leader said he would seek to spend time with his children on Friday nights if elected as prime minister.
Speaking on GB News, the presenter said foreign leaders like Vladimir Putin will be rubbing their hands together with glee at the idea of a certain time where the country could be vulnerable.
Sir Keir said he wants to keep the time to spend with his son and daughter, arguing it would help him be a better decision-maker.
“Do you reckon Putin was watching that and thinking, ‘6pm on a Friday, note to self?’”, a laughing Bev commented.
Bev Turner hit out at Starmer's desire to clock off at 6pm on a Friday
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Political commentator Matthew Stadlen waded in to argue Starmer is a “human being” and he should not have to “completely neglect” fatherhood.
“Of course he has to spend a bit of time with his children”, he said.
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“Equally, of course he is not going to switch off completely at 6pm in the evenings if he becomes Prime Minister.”
The comments, made on Virgin Radio, has resulted in attacks from Tories including Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who argued he has “never finished at six”.
And a Conservative Party attack on social media said: “Keir Starmer has said he’d clock off work at 6pm if he became prime minister.
“You deserve better than a part-time prime minister. The only way to prevent this is to vote Conservative on Thursday.”
Sir Keir Starmer PATory deputy chairman Jonathan Gullis said: “Let’s hope Putin doesn’t choose 6.01pm when he wishes to go any further with his illegal and immoral invasion of Ukraine.”
A Labour source hit back at the attacks, saying: “The only person who’s clocked off early in this campaign is Rishi Sunak at the D-Day commemorations.”
Sir Keir said his son and daughter are his “pride and joy” and “I don’t want to lose that time”.
He said that in politics “some people think, if you fill your diary 24/7 and don’t do anything else, that makes you a much better decision-maker”.
“I don’t agree with that, I think you’ve got to make space, so we do it.”