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Labour mocked for doing ‘cringe’ Trump impression at conference

Labour has gone into its 2025 Conference rocked by so many scandals that it’s hard to keep track. So far, it looks like their plan is to distract from these scandals by embroiling themselves in even more at Conference. It’s a very Trumpian plan, which is fitting, because that’s not the only way Labour is imitating Trump. Enter ‘build, baby, build’:


‘Drill, baby, drill’

Trump is well known for crying “drill, baby, drill” to promote the continued use of fossil fuels:

The phrase is popular with his supporters:


The phrase is less popular with the climate, obviously, but you can’t win them all:

Trump is also famous for the ‘Make America Great Again’ or ‘MAGA’ hats, which are famously bright red:


So, what do you get if you combine a Trumpian slogan with a Trumpian cap?

That’s right – you get “cringe”:

‘Build baby build’

People are ridiculing Labour online:

One councillor noted that housing secretary Steve Reed may not be the best person to lead this new drive:

You may have noticed that you see Trump’s slogan written like this:

Drill, baby drill.

Or like this:

Drill, baby, drill.

The reason the first comma is essential is because you need one before a person’s form of address to indicate that you’re addressing them. The Labour hats and promotional materials lack this comma, which means the literal interpretation is that they intend to build a baby:


We’re being pedantic, we know, but it’s worth noting because ‘Donald Trump-grade rhetoric’ is supposed to be the lowest bar there is, and yet they’re somehow failing to clear it.

Policy

As reported by the Guardian, Reed is set to announce:

We will fight for hard-working people, locked out of a secure home for too long by the Conservative government of blockers. This Labour government won’t sit back and let this happen. I will do whatever it takes to get Britain building. We’ve got to ‘build, baby, build’.

That’s the way we put the key to a decent home in the pocket of everyone who needs a secure and affordable home. And not just homes, but communities, and not just communities but entire towns.

This party built new towns after the war to meet our promise of homes fit for heroes. Now, with the worst economic inheritance since that war, we will once again build cutting-edge communities to provide homes fit for families of all shapes and sizes.

I am launching the next generation of new towns taking the lessons from the postwar Labour government housing boom, mobilising the full power of the state to build a new generation of new towns.

As Labour have noted, the towns will not be built within this parliament, and potentially only three will have begun construction:


We’ve previously reported on Reed’s relationship to water privatisation from this time as the environment secretary. These links are important when considering what will happen with the new towns, because our private water industry has been a never-ending nightmare which costs us billions and worsens our national infrastructure:

We Own It highlighted:

Environment Minister Steve Reed is telling you that he won’t nationalise the water industry, because it would cost £100bn.

👀but where does that figure come from? 👀

Reed claims that it comes from within his own department.

🚨However, it looks suspiciously like it might have come from the private water companies themselves. 🚨

As the Guardian note, Labour’s ‘build baby build’ plan will rely on “public and private funding“. As such, it’s very important we all follow this story to ensure it doesn’t become another ‘bung baby bung’.

Featured image via BBC Breakfast

By Willem Moore

This post was originally published on Canary.