Starmer's vision quest

[glasgowcyclist]

I imagine the answer is "bum boys" (possibly), but I don't really get the context.

No, it’s an anagram of something in the clue!

 

[AuroraSaab]

It's Sue Gray. Is the insinuation that she left after a row over Starmer's alleged indiscretions? There was talk on X last week of there being a super injunction against the papers reporting something re Starmer but it seems to have fizzled out now.

 

[winjim]

Any background for those without access to xitter?

It's Paul Sinha off The Chase offering up a cryptic crossword style clue.

Former Boris favourite rues gay scandal (3,4)

 

[C R]

It's Paul Sinha off The Chase offering up a cryptic crossword style clue.

Former Boris favourite rues gay scandal (3,4)

None of that means anything to me, sorry.

 

[Ian H]

Starmer going to war on, er, Climate Scientists...


View: https://x.com/davidrvetter/status/1842206248676339998

Oh fùck.

 

[Wobblers]

Starmer going to war on, er, Climate Scientists...


View: https://x.com/davidrvetter/status/1842206248676339998

For those of us who habitually block the Elongated Muskrat's open sewer of shite (NoScript FTW!), we'd be much obliged if would you mind giving us some sort of clue ta...

 

[AndyRM]

None of that means anything to me, sorry.

I get all the context and stuff now with @AuroraSaab's solution but I guess it's just not clicking with me.

 

[icowden]

None of that means anything to me, sorry.

So Cryptic crossword clues are puzzles:-

Former Boris favourite rues gay scandal. (3,4)


One end of the clue is a direct clue to the answer. The rest is a set of instructions as to how to solve it.

In this case the "definition" is "Former Boris favourite" - a sarcastic reference to Sue grey and her investigation of Borisgate.

scandal I think is an anagram indicator. If we scandalise "rues gay" ) i.e. mix it up - we get "Sue Grey".

 

[C R]

So Cryptic crossword clues are puzzles:-

Former Boris favourite rues gay scandal. (3,4)


One end of the clue is a direct clue to the answer. The rest is a set of instructions as to how to solve it.

In this case the "definition" is "Former Boris favourite" - a sarcastic reference to Sue grey and her investigation of Borisgate.

scandal I think is an anagram indicator. If we scandalise "rues gay" ) i.e. mix it up - we get "Sue Grey".

Yes, I get that, but what is it supposed to mean, or was it just a convoluted way of saying Sue Gray.