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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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 never raised the issue of a national inquiry into the rape gangs when she was children’s minister…
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The Conservative leader strays even further out of her depth in an anticlimactic showdown to end the year.
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The Tory leader’s attacks on Labour’s immigration plan did more for Nigel Farage than the Conservative Party.
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The Conservative leader’s record in government means that Keir Starmer can easily fend off attacks on immigration and farming.
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The government is vulnerable but Angela Rayner’s sharp, confrontational style held Tory attacks off.
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The Labour leader met her attack-dog style with a cool head.
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The political pain for Labour is not going away – if only the leaderless Conservatives could exploit it.
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The Prime Minister’s demeanour only fuelled rumours that he is set to announce a July contest.
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Government scrutiny is being lost in the attempt to score rhetorical points.
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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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In attacking the Prime Minister on pensions and National Insurance, the Labour leader missed the open goal.
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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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The Prime Minister cannot flush his predecessor away – and Labour is taking advantage.
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Keir Starmer pins the Prime Minister into hopeless contortions over Conservative scandals.
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Rishi Sunak refuses to back Kemi Badenoch in her public spat with the former Post Office head.
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The Prime Minister’s crude trans joke and his £1,000 Rwanda bet have exposed his lack of judgement.
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That a Conservative MP, George Freeman, has admitted he struggles to pay his mortgage makes that task even easier.
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The Prime Minister is no longer the master of his party – as Keir Starmer gleefully reminded him.
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As the Labour leader mercilessly exploited Tory divisions, Rishi Sunak was left politically helpless.
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The Labour leader relished mocking the Prime Minister’s erratic changes of strategy.
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