Full exchange: Keir Starmer grills Rishi Sunak over alleged 'Chinese spy' in Westminster

Watch the full exchange as Sir Keir Starmer accuses Rishi Sunak's Conservative government of 'presiding over mayhem'.
The Labour leader called the prime minister 'inaction man' in relation to numerous scandals and crises emerging in recent weeks.
In the past few days, it emerged that there may have been a 'spy' within Westminster working on behalf of the Chinese government.
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[@seanryan3837]

General election now

[@spenceabroad7960]

Sunak never answers questions from Starmer. Never. Sunak and Tories out now.

[@myallotment1714]

Watching and listening to Sunak and Starmer our country is finished,never have we been governed so badly

[@464nescio6]

dislike sir.. the 'and Starmer' addition is misleading! Please correct the record ASAP!

[@RyanKeane9]

Starmer isn’t governing

[@oligreen1192]

Send them to RUSSIA. These single use puppets need to learn and practice what it actually means to e a REAL LEADER of a powerful and truly independent country. These two a boys. Not men.

[@myallotment1714]

@@RyanKeane9 I know Starmer is not governing,but him and Sunak are both the same useless

[@lezlee8704]

This is the worst soap on the television every episode is the same.

[@lestrem11]

Starmer couldn’t grill a sausage.

[@poshgentleman559]

Yes, how wonderful it is for these overpaid wafflers, trading insults, and bickering. And neither party is up to the job: we are where we are in this country today, because of these two partys. Crime and punishment, immigration, and a host of other issues are in a mess, because of both of these partys. The streets are awash with homeless and beggars: because of the policys of both partys. And things will only get worse: with either of these gentleman in number 10. These people have no shame, and just collect their vast unearned salarys, while the country slowly goes downhill.

[@464nescio6]

A movement that has set in in 2010.. by torie rule.. but tories will torie and blame anyone else within convenient distance..

[@marekkompus6109]

Vote cons out now 🫵

[@senanur1983]

Only if King dissolves the parliament we can vote these fuckers out now. Else wait till 2025.

[@jojohhojol190]

Ekonomi world we should compete ekonome 👍

[@carljackson5259]

Then don’t forget you Gotta be charging how much your mile record rather every truck driver every motorbike every pushbike is going to be charged so much a mile are you going to impose that

[@Tony-mu6mx]

Not sure why Sunak keeps answering questions by spinning it back to starner. Labour not been in power for a while and it always sounds like its scripted because no matter what the question its going to be the same answer.

[@botanicalpluto]

Prison 😂😂❤isn’t Buckingham palaces 😂😂end them to Jamaica 🇯🇲 prison 🛌 breakfasts 😂😂😂🎉🎉

[@star-ed7fj]

Hos knows best, i mean better then you and the ones sitting behind you Rishi

[@bholasahani7591]

खिलकर रहा हैं जितने भी अरमान तो महफिल से आया हसी कज़ तराना जो साहिल की तरह आते है रन्ग तो खूबिया से मिलने लगा चाहतो का अफसाना आये आरजू से जो सादगी तो साहिल की तरह जितने भी समा है जो खिल गया आसा की किरनो मे तो रोनक रहा साहील की तरह परमाना

[@sifisodube4686]

Sunak his so useless the numbers of Nigerians who are coming every day,with there family’s getting houses for free while us people who work every day we’ve been in this country long we are suffering can Richie stop this health care visa the numbers have doubled it’s dangerous

[@siadali7673]

Prime Minister Sunak is well aware of the situation and under his strong leadership things seem to be getting better

[@464nescio6]

Yes.. Inaction man will get everything right.. ( no sarcasm of course..) He talks about.. and blah blah.. is always right..

[@spenceabroad7960]

You're delusional. Sunak is terrible.

[@hamzaalbayati100]

I don't know if you have a brain, but there's something called 'common sense'. Use it.

[@fireburn8211]

We must withdraw from NATO.

[@elomial724]

That is never going to happen

[@viftyvops3145]

Cause

[@fireburn8211]

@@elomial724 why do you believe that this cannot happen?

[@elomial724]

@@fireburn8211 All mayor political parties are heavily pro-interventionism. Also I am not sure that Brits are so keen for even more isolationism after Brexit (I don't condone Brexit whatsoever, just saying). Btw, why do you want to leave?

[@fireburn8211]

@@viftyvops3145 did you know we had nuclear weapons and nuclear energy. There are still nuclear power plants here in the uk. We all know what colonization is . If GB is now a real republic exiting from the European Union. Why should we pay NATO for protection. Reopen our nuclear power plant and our nuclear weapons program not for war but for defense. . Think about this when Russia take Ukraine the European union will fall . There is no doubt about that . Every European countries will turn to Russia for cheap oil and gas including natural resources. Tell me can NATO protect the UK from supersonic nuclear missile from Russia now . How long do you think THOSE rocket will take to reach the UK? Get the silly idea out of people heads that ih they will blow them up nuclear poisoning is just as dangerous as the impact detention.

[@fireburn8211]

If as they claim that we exited European union and we are now a new republic then it's a fact that they too must go. They are both on the same old path . As a nation we will never see any prosperity for our people. The poor the working class and middle class will never be able under Tory and labour to achieve any kind of success or wealth

[@464nescio6]

Drink less wodka..