Tories troll Keir Starmer with Kama Sutra instructions on his changing positions

With a Valentine's Day social media campaign called the “Starmer Sutra,” the Conservatives mocked Keir Starmer for his ability to “multiple positions at once.”

The series of sensational posts on X, formerly Twitter, highlights the numerous U-turns the Labour Party leader has made in recent weeks.

Dubbed the “Father of U-turns”, it covers policy setbacks including Starmer's stance on the retroactive introduction of Labour's special tax, a second Brexit referendum and the monarchy.

In launching the series, the Conservative Party wrote: “The Starmer Sutra is the perfect Valentine's Day gift for the politically promiscuous. Written by the father of U-turns, this is the ultimate guide to pivoting between different positions on all sorts of issues.

“*Only available in paperback and spineless edition*”

The fake cover also features a photoshopped image of Starmer in a twisted position.

The first “position” centres on Starmer’s statement on 6 February on Times Radio that an additional £28 billion in spending on green measures was needed, before he retracted that stance on BBC News the next day.

Position two deals with Starmer's infamous U-turn on his promise to retrospectively introduce Labour's special tax on oil and gas companies, a promise he made on 9 February before abandoning the plans the same day.

Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced the party's plans for an additional £28 billion a year in green investment at the Labour conference in September 2021.

Sir Keir said £28 billion of annual investment in green initiatives was “urgently needed” and that his support for the spending plan was “unwavering”.

However, the Labour leader later confirmed that the pledge would be scaled back, citing a more difficult economic forecast since the pledge was first published.

The party blamed the Conservatives' “economic collapse” and “Chancellor Jeremy Hunt's plans to 'max out' the country's credit card” for concluding that the previous pledge of £28 billion a year could not be met.

Another U-turn highlighted in the Tory series was Mr Starmer's stance on a second Brexit referendum, which he appeared to support in 2019 before saying in 2022 that he disagreed with such a possibility.

One of the more scandalous positions was the ninth and final one, which was called “non-dominatrix.”

This map from Starmer Sutra highlights Starmer's claim that he would abolish non-dom tax status in early February, before Labour said on 12 February that they would not do so.

The posts received mixed reactions online: some social media users said they were “impressed” by the funny tweets, while others described them as “desperate.”

Others mocked the party for its sexual jokes, while several Tory MPs are under investigation over allegations of sexual misconduct.

This is not the first time that Tories Twitter has tried to entertain the masses with cheeky tweets.

In December, Tory headquarters shared a viral image of a BBC newsreader giving the middle finger to attack Labour on the immigration issue.

The Conservative Party's official account used the image and the caption: “Labour if you ask about their plans to tackle illegal migration.”

The move sparked a row among Conservative MPs, some of whom called on the party to remove the post.

On Thursday evening, Alicia Kearns wrote: “I am astonished that this has not been removed despite requests. This is beneath us.” Tobias Ellwood also posted a tweet demanding its deletion.

Political campaign experts More in Common also looked at how the tweet was received by the public, finding that 68 percent of respondents found it “inappropriate” rather than “appropriate.”

“We are governed by 14-year-olds,” wrote one social media user, while another added: “This will cost you votes. Keep digging that hole, you're about to hit lava.”