PMQs review: Badenoch arrives unprepared, again
The leader of the opposition was outperformed by the Liberal Democrats’ Ed Davey.
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Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) is a constitutional convention whereby the prime minister answers questions from opposition MPs, held every Wednesday at noon while parliament is sitting. The practice of the prime minister taking questions at fixed times of the week was introduced by Harold Macmillan in 1961, on the recommendation of the House of Commons’ Procedure Committee, though the format has changed several times since then.
PMQs review: Starmer and Badenoch play statesmen
The Tory leader's questions reflected the gravity of the situation unfolding between Trump and Zelensky.
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PMQs review: Badenoch pushes the Tories further into irrelevance
Even Conservative backbenchers guffawed at yet another takedown by Starmer.
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PMQs review: Richard Hermer is Starmer’s biggest weakness
The Attorney General’s reverence for international law is a potent target for the right – but Kemi Badenoch is incapable…
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PMQs review: Starmer flounders on Chagos
“He’s freezing pensioners, while shovelling money to Mauritius,” Kemi Badenoch quipped.
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PMQs review: Starmer is finally up for a fight
The parliamentary battle over workers’ rights has commenced.
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PMQs review: Starmer confronts some awkward realities
Badenoch highlighted the Conservative record on education and called Labour's legislation “an act of vandalism”.
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PMQs review: Badenoch keeps letting Starmer win
Someone ought to give the Conservative leader advice about momentum.
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PMQs review: Badenoch’s attacks are undermined by her record in government
The Conservative leader never raised the issue of a national inquiry into the rape gangs when she was children’s minister…
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PMQs review: Kemi Badenoch misses every target
The Conservative leader strays even further out of her depth in an anticlimactic showdown to end the year.
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PMQs review: Badenoch falls into Reform’s trap
The Tory leader’s attacks on Labour’s immigration plan did more for Nigel Farage than the Conservative Party.
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PMQs review: Badenoch cannot rely on traditional Tory strengths
The Conservative leader’s record in government means that Keir Starmer can easily fend off attacks on immigration and farming.
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PMQs review: Labour must beware accusations of vindictiveness
The government is vulnerable but Angela Rayner’s sharp, confrontational style held Tory attacks off.
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PMQs review: Badenoch does not faze Starmer
The Labour leader met her attack-dog style with a cool head.
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PMQs review: Starmer struggles to explain winter fuel cut
The political pain for Labour is not going away – if only the leaderless Conservatives could exploit it.
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Is Rishi Sunak about to call an election?
The Prime Minister’s demeanour only fuelled rumours that he is set to announce a July contest.
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PMQs review: Sunak and Starmer need to grow up
Government scrutiny is being lost in the attempt to score rhetorical points.
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PMQs review: Natalie Elphicke’s defection to Labour steals the show
There may not be much overlap between her politics and Labour’s, but they do share a disdain for Rishi Sunak.
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PMQs review: Starmer lets Sunak get away with immigration failures
In attacking the Prime Minister on pensions and National Insurance, the Labour leader missed the open goal.
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PMQs review: Angela Rayner struggles to change the narrative
Her attempt to focus on the Conservatives’ U-turn on banning no-fault evictions was no match for the gift of political…
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