Lammy was accused of insulting ’30million people’ with two words (Image: BBC)
Deputy prime minister David Lammy had BBC viewers fuming as he made a massive mistake live on-air. Lammy was live on BBC News last night (May 7) as polling stations closed and preliminary results began to trickle in, which showed a surge in council seats for Reform UK and wins for the Green Party and Liberal Democrats.
Labour, meanwhile, has suffered disastrous losses – and Lammy seemed keen to put his foot in it even more with just two words. He hinted that the local elections – in which 30million people are eligible to vote for their local councillors – are not “proper elections”.
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“Two, I remember in 2019, the then Brexit Party doing extremely well in the European elections, it then all fell away by the time you get to the proper elections.”
Furious viewers quickly turned to social media to protest, with one writing: “Halfwit deputy PM David Lammy has just said that he doesn’t think these are ‘proper elections’. Over 30million people across the UK were entitled to vote! Lammy has just insulted every single one of us!”
Somebody else echoed: “I saw this coming weeks ago. Starmer and his crew are getting ready to say ‘these elections mean nothing’, it’s only general elections that mean something, absolutely diabolical what an insult to democracy and all the local councillors.”
His comments sparked fury (Image: Getty)
This morning on BBC Breakfast, viewers told Lammy to “just leave” when he stated: “It is not unusual to be given a message by the electorate at a midterm election. Let’s wait and see what comes in tonight. Yes, on the doorstep it has been tough.
“There has been frustration, and we will have to pick up pace and really hear the public, and deliver for the public.
“Not the status quo, what people want to see is genuine change in their lives, and they want to believe that the Labour Party can deliver for them.”
One angry viewer posted: “Perhaps the message is stop what you’re doing. Not do it faster!”, while another echoed: “We would prefer you all to pick up your bags and leave!”
