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.
ByNew Times,
New Thinking.
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.
The Conservative leader’s record in government means that Keir Starmer can easily fend off attacks on immigration and farming.
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