Starmergeddon

English

Etymology

From Stamer +‎ -geddon, after Keir Starmer (British lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 2024).

Proper noun

Starmergeddon

(UK politics, neologism) A supposed disaster predicted to take place after the 2024 election of Labour Party leader Keir Starmer as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
- 2024 June 28, Boris Johnson, “The nation doesn’t really want Sir Keir or his tax-hiking, EU-loving, soft-on-illegal-migration agenda. There’s still time for us to swerve from the cliff edge of Starmergeddon”, in Daily Mail‎^[1], London: DMG Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-06-28:
  It would be a huge mistake. In the last debate Rishi [Sunak] showed what he can do, and on any fair reading he won. It is by no means too late to tilt the steering wheel in the direction of common sense, avert Starmergeddon, and prevent this country from going in completely the wrong direction.
- 2024 July 7, Ken Fisher, “Don’t stress Starmergeddon – Labour will usher in a market rise”, in Chris Evans, editor, The Daily Telegraph‎^[2], London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-08-21:
  Britain echoes this. In pounds, the FTSE All-Share rose in 15 of 17 US election year second-halves following first-half gains. We got your back, Union Jack. ¶ So, don't stress "Starmergeddon". Instead: think perverse, buy inverse. Buy now.
- 2024 July 12, John Crace, “Relax, Starmergeddon hasn’t happened. The grownups are in charge”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎^[3], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2024-07-15:
  Well, we're all still here. According to most of the rightwing press, we were in for "Starmergeddon". Plague, floods and earthquakes would only be the start. Famine would be along shortly thereafter.