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Kier Starmer was visiting a primary school and he visited one of the classes.
They were in the middle of a discussion related to words and their meanings.
The teacher asked the Labour leader if he would like to lead the discussion on the word "tragedy".
So the illustrious leader asked the class for an example of a "tragedy".
One little boy stood up and offered: "If my best friend, who lives on a farm, is playing in the field
& a tractor runs over him and kills him, that would be a 'tragedy'".
"No," said Starmer “that would be an accident."
A little girl raised her hand: "If a school bus carrying fifty children drove over a cliff, killing everyone
inside, that would be a tragedy."
"I'm afraid not," explained the Labour leader, "that's what we would call a great loss."
The room went silent. No other children volunteered. Starmer searched the room. "Isn't there
someone here who can give me an example of tragedy?"
Finally, at the back of the room, a small boy raised his hand...In a quiet voice he said: "If the
airplane carrying you and Angela Raynor was struck by a "friendly fire" missile & blown to smithereens,
that would be a tragedy."
"Fantastic!" exclaimed Keir Starmer, . "That's right. And can you tell me why that would be a tragedy?"
"Well," says the boy "it has to be a tragedy, because it certainly wouldn't be a great loss and
it probably wouldn't be a f**king accident either!"
They were in the middle of a discussion related to words and their meanings.
The teacher asked the Labour leader if he would like to lead the discussion on the word "tragedy".
So the illustrious leader asked the class for an example of a "tragedy".
One little boy stood up and offered: "If my best friend, who lives on a farm, is playing in the field
& a tractor runs over him and kills him, that would be a 'tragedy'".
"No," said Starmer “that would be an accident."
A little girl raised her hand: "If a school bus carrying fifty children drove over a cliff, killing everyone
inside, that would be a tragedy."
"I'm afraid not," explained the Labour leader, "that's what we would call a great loss."
The room went silent. No other children volunteered. Starmer searched the room. "Isn't there
someone here who can give me an example of tragedy?"
Finally, at the back of the room, a small boy raised his hand...In a quiet voice he said: "If the
airplane carrying you and Angela Raynor was struck by a "friendly fire" missile & blown to smithereens,
that would be a tragedy."
"Fantastic!" exclaimed Keir Starmer, . "That's right. And can you tell me why that would be a tragedy?"
"Well," says the boy "it has to be a tragedy, because it certainly wouldn't be a great loss and
it probably wouldn't be a f**king accident either!"
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