I really enjoy this podcast. Armando Ianucci (The Thick of It, Veep, and the Death of Stalin) talks about political language

In this ep, though, he’s mystified by Kier Starmer’s imho accurate assessment of Farage as a ‘plastic patriot’.

The reason Armando is mystified is that, AFAIK, he doesn’t follow football, whereas Kier is a fan of Arse**al. ‘Plastic’ is a common insult in football. It implies that someone is not a ‘proper fan’, that they only turn up for big games, or that ‘they only sing when they’re winning’.

I’m not sure whether this means Starmer need to find different words for the Brexit boys