HIGHLIGHTS: Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch face-off at PMQs

[@hivltg]

The problem the Tories have got (as I have seen in many interactions now) is that they keep moaning about legislation they themselves put into law and then try to blame the new government. They are in many cases opposing their past selves from a few months ago.

[@MattWiles]

Which legislation did they put into law themselves and are now moaning about?

[@pboo2607]

Yes while this Labour govt make everything worse.

[@lozzaridesemtb]

@@MattWilesthey set the legislation around the sales of ice and ev vehicles that vehicle manufacturers are struggling with

[@Noel-ji8nm]

​@MattWiles The legislation labour is inacting.

[@EloiseB2025]

Yeh they did that recently with free speech. Kept banging on about how the law needs changing until they realised they were the ones that implemented said change. Makes you wonder what they'd been doing for 14 years if the Tory party can't remember what laws it enacted or not 😆

[@tayzonday]

Badenoch has not found a narrative yet. Blair’s narrative was that Major was a weak follower with no agenda. Sunak’s narrative was that Starmer and Rayner were so alienated politically that Starmer was closer to the Tories. Thatcher’s narrative was that everything Labor wanted was spectacularly failing in the USSR. Badenoch has not found any “hook.”

[@Hi-fd4cw]

I reckon she thinks the “bull in a china shop” approach would suffice

[@healthiswealth6831]

Yet.

[@Lfcme]

Tay Zonday with the detailed UK politics analysis I wasn't ready for that

[@truthfact414]

Go on about Sunak all you like. That man’s prophecy has been 100% bang on about this halfwit Starmer. Starmer no where near the level off Rishi Sunak

[@tayzonday]

@@healthiswealth6831 I don’t even support her, but the wedge issues of immigration, gender identity, “undeserved” social services and rural businesses feeling betrayed are her “strengths.” She hasn’t found enough “victim” stories from Starmer’s policies yet to get to her strong ground- so she’s waiting. Everyone knows the playbook she’ll use once she has enough material.

[@tylerkochman1007]

1:59 this quip does not even make sense. If he resigned, Tories don’t form a government. Labour picks a new PM. You think having run to replace Boris a few years back she’d have learned how things like that work. Apparently not.

[@chrismanners9091]

Not just Johnson. Cameron, May, and Truss all resigned without a general election.

[@tylerkochman1007]

@ yes they did. She herself ran to replace Johnson (when Truss won), which is why I mentioned that one leadership race

[@tylerkochman1007]

It’s also a bad quip on a number of levels. It’s almost a wholehearted admission she has no plans to provide any clear alternatives, and that the only way to learn how she’d govern on these issues is to elect her

[@LeonLShaw]

when she said the term 'he' she was referring to Starmer and his cruel and vidictive government-she well knows how things work. If you want to see the fool in this, simply look in the mirror!

[@joeb6705]

​@@LeonLShaw bad bot

[@karllinden7089]

These people sit around telling bare face lies and avoiding answering any questions, instead just throwing digs back and forth. House of commons is a joke.

[@LeonLShaw]

that's Labour for you!

[@LesleyWright-g5v]

A joke which we tax payers pay extortionate wages and extortionate expenses to each and everyone , utterly sickening 🤮

[@Birdman7456]

Isn't this traditional?

[@daveb8665]

​@@LeonLShaw so no other party does that tories tell the truth and answer fully?

[@Stan_55UK]

@@LeonLShaw It is all of them. They behave worse than children, yet the country is on its backside.

[@Sock1122]

These highlights are great. Glad you compiled them

[@EloiseB2025]

'He should resign and find out'. Please tell me the leader of the Conservative Party understands that even if Keir was to resign that wouldn't automatically trigger a GE. She understands that at least. Right?.....

[@bouncy19661]

Neoliberals creating more chaos

[@gordonwride_music]

That woman is ditch life, there is more intelligence at the bottom of a gutter 😂

[@ru76224]

She's not too bright is she.

[@garyturner5739]

That's why they elected her.

[@lukewilson8084]

I mean, we had 3 prime ministers resign whilst in powerand no GE

[@ryoreilz449]

Every week now Kemi seems to drop herself in it or get rattled easy, it's not been a good start for her at all

[@Pegaroo_]

If you'd seen her at the dispatch box before this is exactly the sort of performance that was expected from her

[@jamesframe408]

But the right wing media in England will say she is hammering Keir Starmer.

[@pascal8306]

She’s energetic and assertive, starmer was rattled, I guess you didn’t pick up on that?

[@kevinjohnson3782]

​@@pascal8306Really? Must have been watching something different to me.

[@pascal8306]

@@kevinjohnson3782 she was entertaining, starmer was shook.

[@martinwyke]

Badenoch is the best leader of the Tories for Labour

[@willjackson6522]

I don’t know. I think I’d prefer one that pressured them to take strong stances, rather than this incompetent clown who asks irrelevant questions. Labour needs to feel the pressure to get their act together.

[@craig1517]

She is a disgrace

[@angushogg3667]

Believe that if you want. Labour have managed to go from a landslide victory to being second place in the polls on a good day. So far, for all their talk of 'equality', they have only ever managed to have a middle to old age white man as leader. Here is an intelligent, smart, black woman who is running rings round Starmer and will one day be the UK's third female prime minister. She is so far ahead of him that is almost embarrassing to watch.

[@thumper364]

Thing is her questions aren’t great, but Starmer is a slidey lawyer who understands the less he answers, the less that can be held against him. But everyone knows he’s doing a terrible job

[@superanson7]

Cleverly was supposed to be the leader of the opposition. Too bad he played his cards wrong

[@weswheel4834]

"The whole system is broken". Thanks for that Kemi, I'm glad that you admit it. Mayne not a good idea to continue doing exactly what you were doing then?

[@bobcosmic]

The system isn’t broken, it was made that way.

[@weswheel4834]

@@bobcosmic You think Kemi's advocating communism?

[@ApostleOfZeus199]

​@@weswheel4834The Tories laid out the road for Labour to use. Ever notice these debates are more akin to puppet show than a serious professional space?

[@bobcosmic]

@@weswheel4834 I’m telling you the mama & papa truth I don’t listen to Herr Blair Starmer or Kemi Karsee Bad Enoch as a matter of fact I don’t listen to any of them that’s compromised. Kemi couldn’t advocate for communism if a hammer & sickle dropped in her lap.

[@forestsunset9617]

"The whole system is broken" how do you know? "We broke it"

[@WipeoutFPV]

She's stood there complaining about the system being broken completely oblivious to the fact that it's her own party that put those systems in place, she's all hot air, no substance or self awareness.

[@hexrag5901]

it's like someone setting fire to their house then blaming a firefighter for breaking the door down

[@GGumbs264]

Facts, that’s why 7:40 in the video starmer put it to her.. Tories are really starting to annoy me..

[@Tony-hx7bm]

Keir has to be careful not to appear smug,pompous and patronising amidst debating a student-level Tory. Clearly the worst Leader of the Opposition. Tories behind must be cringing.

[@prettypinkcupcake]

she's not the only one learning on the job.

[@Vortex__24]

it's such a joke at the minute ☠️😭

[@IPFreely-u2t]

Yes indeed. However, Reform are perfectly happy with the Tory choice.

[@CopperHTID]

Objective Failed then 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ollaum]

Keir has to be careful about a lot of things. He’s had a catastrophic start, and that’s putting it mildly

[@kevinshanahan6064]

Got sound off. Badenoch - her body language is smug and no trace of humility for a party that lost 259 seats.

[@user-ca3sp7er1h]

Absolutely

[@pascal8306]

You’d rather she was cowering in a corner mumbling her questions to the pm?

[@LeonLShaw]

and people in those seats are bitterley regretting voting Labour, ask the 2.7 million people who want rid of this vile government.

[@user-uy3bj9ue5c]

😂 right on.

[@DM-pv8ib]

​@@pascal8306 I thought the same. Government only works if we have strong opposition

[@bearnecessities9568]

Tractors blocking the road for a day? Mate.... you had HOW many strikes across the transport sector and public sector? Sit down Kemi the clown.

[@prettypinkcupcake]

racist

[@andyf4292]

should have dealt with them just as the precedent has been set for climate protestors . 5 years wasnt it?

[@Test_Card_Tom]

And back in March of this year when Badenoch's lot were in government the farmers were blocking the roads with their tractors protesting against how much money they've been losing since Brexit.

[@LeonLShaw]

trade unions don't give a damn about their members, the strikes were aimed only at bringing down the Conservative government and union members were simply collateral damage.

[@user-uy3bj9ue5c]

I would have to pay inheritance tax so should they.

[@Stuboy]

Tories continuing to show why they lost the election and why we are in the mess were in after their 14 years , as far as the petition goes Elon musk bots

[@tomwaters1897]

They’ve yet to suggest how to fix their own mess 😅

[@gHGhej]

Yeah biscuits puns will lose you an election 😂

[@andrewwinstanley8217]

Hob Nobbing with the minted Viscounts drinking Rich Teas. Even a Penguin could work out that would lead to a Trio of election losses.

[@grahambuckerfield4640]

From over 100 ‘countries’ and Ketamine Karen Musk.

[@gnarlyxagock9749]

No bots, just pissed off people sick of greedy wef tyrants

[@azzerw4853]

Did she just say that the prime minister should resign so that the tories can show what they would do? Surely after seeing 3 prime ministers resign in as many years she would know that government power would not transfer to the opposing party?

[@mohamedmo8128]

Four: Cameron, May, Johnson, Truss.

[@StraitKnopfler]

@@mohamedmo8128”Three in as many years.“ Cameron was 2016.

[@sionpritchard2060]

She didn’t say that 2.8 million and counting said that

[@azzerw4853]

​@@sionpritchard20601:59 "if he wants to know what the conservatives would do, he should resign and find out" nothing to do with the petition going around. Those were her exact words when kier claimed she has no clue and mocked her that her party were at odds about reversing the policies labour had put in place.

[@StraitKnopfler]

@@sionpritchard2060 And over 11 million already voted for parties other than Labour in the July general election. But Labour still won. Barely a quarter have bothered to sign the petition. What is 2.8 million supposed to prove?

[@christravis8288]

Why is she giving him a hard time for fulfilling Prime Ministerial commitments overseas. It's not Labour policy, Sunak would have been there if the vote would've gone the other way. Those punches really don't land.

[@sl0w_racer]

No the foreign secretary should be doing all the hob nobbing not the PM.

[@christravis8288]

@sl0w_racer but a Tory prime minister would be doing anything different?

[@sl0w_racer]

@@christravis8288 yes Thatcher famously did not travel after Wilson absolutely destroyed the UK after their 1 term in the 70s. She stayed in the UK to fix all the Labour failings. So yes it does happy when you have good leaders in place to which starmer is not

[@christravis8288]

@sl0w_racer Ahh ok. Yeah I think Thatcher was a vile soulless monster so we'll have to agree to disagree. Have a lovely day

[@wephilips6651]

@@sl0w_racerwhat are you talking about? She made loads of foreign trips

[@andrewjohnson6162]

1:59 Badenough does even understand that if Starmer quits the Tories don't take over. Rayner would take control of the government! Badenough is a epic moron of colossus magnitude. Her whole front bench make me question whether or not our universities are the best in the world. It really begs the question how did they get a degree! The leader of the opposition, who watched one after another leader of the governments she was part of, quit, doesn't understand how the system works. She is clearly "deliberately ignorant." Which would make her a TROGLODYTE!

[@bwilliamson3887]

Rayner getting control of the government? God help us.

[@user-kf1he2pk3l]

I can't see the general public ever warming to Kemi Badenoch, no matter how unpopular Starmer might be. She won't last.

[@berylwelch3526]

No more Labour No more conservative

[@mattking5936]

6 months max

[@ShahidKhan-ke8fe]

Her weird accent doesn't help.

[@majudaem]

So true massive mistake

[@TwitchingBomb]

@@ShahidKhan-ke8fe I'm not normally one to judge on such things, but anything mixed with posh along with an I am better than everyone attitude is abhorrent

[@ProsecutorZekrom]

Badenoch makes PMQs a cakewalk, even for Starmer despite playing politics not exactly being one of his strengths.

[@thiefoftomorrow]

yeh she even makes him look funny. so many free hits

[@GarethMachin-rb2sg]

Badenoch refers to Angela Rayner as a ginger nut. I thought we left this type of abuse back in the 1970's. It reminds me of the situation comedy Love thy Nieghbour. For a black politician to come out with this does her no favours.

[@nathanielgrant3909]

It was wholly inappropriate and brought to mind the worst of old school British playground prejudices/common-or-garden racism. I read in the press, when she became leader: that there will be *more* 'acceptable' soft racism coming from Tories now they can say 'well we hae a black leader' as a pathetic cover/defence

[@deborahbond3018]

@@GarethMachin-rb2sg you mean the one with the Afro !!! could you imagine the uproar !!!

[@bwilliamson3887]

I thought it was funny.

[@badgerbane]

​@bwilliamson3887 aye but imagine the uproar if Raynor made a comment about Badenochs hair. There's no standard quite like a double standard eh?

[@bwilliamson3887]

@badgerbane Ah yes the historical racism that ginger people have had throughout history. Clearly it's held her back no GCSEs to Deputy PM.

[@simonphelps3680]

Seem to remember a huge petition asking to rejoin the EU... also why should wealthy landowners be put before the NHS etc

[@deborahbond3018]

Yes yes yes !!!!!

[@LeonLShaw]

farmers are not wealthy landowners.

[@sarkybugger5009]

@@LeonLShaw Wealthy landowners are not farmers... Mostly.

[@deborahbond3018]

@ kzbin.info/www/bejne/qn3GqGSQmdd-rNEsi=2qUntjuD3BKXdha7

[@tmoosy]

@@sarkybugger5009 then the farmers should realise who their true enemy is, their land is only worth so much because the wealthy have bought it as a tax dodge investment, look at the increase in farmland value due to that!! The wealthy need to sell off their land and then the farmers most likely won't be liable for IHT as their land value ahs normalised

[@callumarmitage4828]

What an absolute s*** show. Bring back some dignity to PMQs

[@SEPK09]

Lies lies and more lies its a party to them while the Uk people suffer, well times always will change. wait see.

[@judecafferty7941]

Been no dignity around PMQs in Donkeys. School children playing politics with people's lives. Cheering and booing. It's a sick comedy

[@antonyeleny810]

Well done Kemi 👌

[@vbsbkjer2]

You mean bring back the lies?

[@paulthornton918]

Badenoch & her fellow ministers from previous govt left UK in worse state since second world war. They have nothing worthwhile to say.

[@tonyfincham6126]

Obviously you weren’t around after the war ,but you will be after a Labour government ,

[@gpzfan5272]

What would you have done differently to manage the budget through COVID?

[@Pegaroo_]

@@gpzfan5272 I'd imagine they wouldn't have funneled a sh!t ton of PPE purchasing to newly formed companies their mates had just set up. Maybe just use the existing NHS track and trace system instead of again paying friends to make a new one that was found after the fact to have been as effective as not having one at all

[@Pegaroo_]

@@tonyfincham6126 I was around after the last Labour government and the NHS has went from being rated the best in the world to being the worst in Europe since the Conservatives have been in charge. Does a Conservative government have the same effect on the country as being in a world war?

[@martinmurphy9679]

@@gpzfan5272 Did we have Covid for 14 years? We've had stagnation all that time.

[@weswheel4834]

She really referenced the petition as if to say that a petition with 2 million signatures is definitely something that we should follow?

[@grahambuckerfield4640]

But not the 6 million rejoin the EU one? At least that wasn’t a load of bots, tax dodgers, aided by Ket Karen Musk.

[@norysstories6275]

If we go by that logic, we should be reversing brexit right??

[@weswheel4834]

@@norysstories6275 Well not really because the recent petition justified it based on broken promises. And no promises were ever broken over Brexit (/s).

[@hands_downmedia]

@@weswheel4834 bro what? do you remember the same red bus I do?

[@tylerkochman1007]

@@hands_downmediathe “(/s)” stands for “sarcasm” At least I hope it does

[@justinneill5003]

I said it from the beginning, during the Tory leadership race: Kemi is all posture and soundbites but when it comes to the crunch she is out of her depth. The Tories may have lost all credibility after their 14 years, but they’ve made their position worse with their choice of leader. I will eat my hat if she leads them into the next election (to be fair she has already hinted that she doesn’t want to become PM, so at least she’s being realistic about that.)

[@pascal8306]

Why dyou think Kemi isn’t a good choice?

[@thembakhumalo-li7bl]

Cleverly would have made a more effective choice

[@justinneill5003]

@@pascal8306 I think I said it in my post.All posture and soundbites, out of her depth on the substance. You can tell she struggles to think on her feet during PMQs and is too heavily dependent on her script.

[@pascal8306]

@ what would be an example? I drew the opposite conclusion, I thought she’s quite good on her feet. I don’t think any of the jibes she threw at starmer were scripted, you could see she came up with them herself.

[@justinneill5003]

@ It wasn’t just this particular session, but her performance overall since the beginning of this Parliament. At one point for example she criticised Starmer for following a script, and was flummoxed when he pointed out that she was reading her criticism from her own notes. And although it’s not for the Tories to have a manifesto at this stage, whilst she is attacking Labour’s economic policy she is unable to respond at all to the obvious question as to what the Tories would have done to “fix” the huge hole they had created in the public finances. Instead all we get is empty rhetoric and soundbites; she is yet to land a meaningful blow on the opposition, which is exactly the reason she was chosen as leader, and what had been expected of her.

[@Paul-eb4jp]

Who do we blame for where we are, the party in power for 3 months or those in power for the 14 years previous?

[@jamesbirch130]

Silly question it's all Browns fault.. nothing they have been able to do about that since... Keep up

[@OathkeeperSoraXIII]

​@@jamesbirch130 Curious to hear why you think it's Brown's fault... And please don't say because of the GLOBAL financial crash.

[@neilbarriskell7840]

Good grief she really is that bad… I thought maybe she would get better, nope out of her depth

[@thebrunetteinroom7]

Racist

[@oscarmccoy9102]

Starmer is built for PMQT. If the Tories want to win the next election they need a leader who can actually make him squirm. Having your front bench moan every time you speak doesn’t help either.

[@bannaubrycheiniog1329]

The "Ginger nut" comment was completely uncalled for. How childish.

[@LeonLShaw]

But true!

[@kevinjohnson3782]

​@@LeonLShawPersonal insults aren't a good look.

[@deborahbond3018]

@@bannaubrycheiniog1329 could you imagine if she was called the one with the Afro very childish and ignorant!

[@deborahbond3018]

@@kevinjohnson3782 yes especially from the one with the Afro could you imagine the uproar if that was said !!

[@kevinjohnson3782]

@@deborahbond3018 Yes she should have been told to apologise by the speaker. Appalling.

[@kyranleech3695]

Give it time the UK will be better under the Labour party.

[@PSI-qf8bq]

The trouble is the average Tory and Reform Party Ltd supporters. Believe the propaganda by GBFakeNews, Daily Heil etc. I am still laughing at Nige Farage, with the farmers protest. Wearing a Barbour wax jacket, Hunter wellingtons and carrying an umbrella in Central London. 😂😂😂😂

[@sionpritchard2060]

😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@stequality]

Lol

[@Len_J_]

😂 the UK will be finished under high taxes, recession, cheap migration labour and every pot from pensions to wealth completely plundered and wasted.

[@kevinbultitude6472]

I thought Liz Truss was stupid but this one takes the biscuit!

[@pascal8306]

How so?

[@DavidTyler]

You seeing the pound drop of the clif lately. Business not sure what to do and having to let people . They can't hire due to the tax hikes​@pascal8306

[@christaylor3911]

@@pascal8306did you watch the video?

[@antonyeleny810]

Kier is a puppet donkey 😂

[@keyanup1795]

😂😂🤣🤣

[@semajllene1]

How dare badenock criticise Starmer, for attending meetings around the world with world leaders, when sunak hired helicopters to travel through the uk as a taxi at tax payers expense. As for the bogus petition started by musk and his bots 90% of the names are from people living abroad who haven’t lived here for years and I’m pretty certain there will be names on the petition of people who have never lived here. Any reasonable person would realise 14 years of Tory cuts and abuse of the public finances for personal gain will take years to clean up. Labour have only just started, let’s see how they do after a couple of years trying to fix things then re-evaluate the situation.

[@rueben22]

The reference to a “ginger nut”, I’m assuming this is a dig at Rayner? I can’t believe a playground insult like this is deemed ok? Based on appearance and mental stability?

[@ricesnot]

Might not get away with it if we had an effective speaker...

[@benweston9158]

I thought the same. It's a shame Starmer didn't pick her up on it as it would have been an easy win with her background of workplace bullying.

[@weswheel4834]

It was like they (her advisors) had come up with 2 quite good biscuit puns, and that (realising that you need 3 otherwise it doesn't count) they went for a really mediocre attack on Rayner to finish with.

[@gnarlyxagock9749]

Yeah she needs to be careful, Stasi Starmer locks people up for hurty words

[@forestsunset9617]

He should have referred to her a blawk baasturd, seems fair

[@MontyCantsin5]

Badenoch is completely embarrassing. Not much more to add really.

[@jd3413]

Why because she is black ?

[@swb7161]

Listen, you might learn something. Pleb.

[@MontyCantsin5]

@@swb7161: Oh look, another embarrassment.

[@aelmokhtari100]

Yes, she is very weak

[@BRACEY12345]

Kemi would be better suited in a below average school debate team.

[@pascal8306]

What dyou base this on?

[@nathanielgrant3909]

it's her *whole* energy: I've seen many a poor debater sidle up to come out for or against a motion with nothing but bad jokes and a few shouty friends in the crowd

[@antonyeleny810]

She cooked him nicely 👌 well done

[@TheGazza636]

Not a labour voter are you

[@wephilips6651]

I think she would look even worse in that situation. At least here she has bots and people who have decided a priori that she is doing well because they hate Labour. In an actual debate she would be judged on her actual rhetoric which is objectively poor

[@johntomkins8906]

Tories destroyed the lot for 14 years how can she complain

[@tgwu64]

Tories showing their true colours yet again! Detests workers having better rights and want the working class to be screwed over. I despise them all! Hope they are out of power for at least a generation!

[@ollyharris9438]

The audacity to criticise when you're the ones who created the mess is quite something

[@EloiseB2025]

Yes it's astounding watching them pretend the last 14 years haven't happened.

[@FrozenSolid131]

Mad ain't it

[@Censorshift]

The main parties need to go… They both created this mess, look as far back as the 60s and then you’ll see each successive government screwing over the public and public services….

[@boysdell]

She's clearly thinking "I'm so extra" and it's just not it.

[@stuartrichards-d6o]

This lefty thinks he can read minds…

[@tomwaters1897]

She really is all hot air and absolutely zero substance. who’s writing her questions the daily telegraph? 😂 she’s an embarrassment

[@faddy24]

And the nasally voiced robot on the opposite side is something to be celebrated!? I think not.

[@thebrunetteinroom7]

Racist

[@GoogleSnakeee]

The fact that the torys are acting like populists when they were in power for 14 years shows how stupid they are🤣

[@lucytupper69]

torys 😂

[@Fredric_Cedrich]

Just so boringly uninspiring from the opposition Kemi “the government doesn’t make growth business do” Later Kemi “mr speaker that growth was *our* work” Just so pathetic

[@davecap2641]

Nobody is talking about the serious damage done by Brexit and 14 years of corrupt incompetence.

[@sionpritchard2060]

No damage from brexit nothing has changed. Deal with it

[@davecap2641]

@@sionpritchard2060 non so blind as will not see.

[@felixojong711]

KEMI, WE ARE PROUD OF YOU.

[@chilliwraslin2510]

Big L for Kemi for bringing up the online petition, ain't nobody taking that seriously

[@sarahjf69]

As they shouldn't. The petition to reverse brexit was far bigger. That didn't get looked at. Labour were voted in, wait til the next election

[@shanesloth4419]

Did she really say Starmer should resign to find out Tory policies and ideas? Does she not take being opposition seriously or...?

[@GrahamHumphreys-e4l]

I can't stand the sight or sound of Starmer....

[@FoghornLeghorny]

The lack of self awareness from Tories is absolutely mind blowing.

[@david-pb4bi]

They were bad as a government and even worse as opposition.

[@allip4226]

​@@david-pb4biAgreed. At least the damage they can do to the country in opposition is much less!

[@stevefoster5789]

@@david-pb4bi But the Tories didn't have 2.8 million signing a petition to get them out

[@david-pb4bi]

@@stevefoster5789 That’s just nonsense, did they need voter ID to sign that petition?

[@sirianofmorley]

Have to say the same for Labour, no? This Starmer guy quantifiably taking us down.

[@artoons1]

A Prime Minister that actually answers questions rather than babble incoherently.

[@Bouncer_RF06]

This comment is a joke right?

[@danmayberry1185]

That front Opposition bench is the Muppet Show.

[@pboo2607]

Yes and the govt benches are Fraggle rock.

[@victorcarrion8456]

Badenoch contributes to the growth, innovation and protection of the UK! Make Badenoch Prime Minister!

[@Jrhynie]

Leader of the opposition, keeping the seat warm for twelve months. She's hopeless.

[@robbielad]

Where's the petition for the 40 new Hospitals ?

[@neilburton6121]

And affordable social housing...

[@Pathofplenty]

If she keeps making Corbyn stories using businesses it will eventually start to sound like whining

[@stuarturquhart9363]

The Tory party is dead, Patel, Badenoch, Philp (the list can go on) - zero talent, no ideas.

[@ursusmaritimus7159]

Brexit has done far more damage to business investment than this budget, yet no-one seems to want to mention that...?!

[@sionpritchard2060]

Because people have moved on.

[@beaumont4045]

@@sionpritchard2060 I doubt it, the people tend to hold grudges quite well.

[@Bouncer_RF06]

🥱🥱🥱

[@jeremylawrence5855]

And the Tory’s think this woman is their saviour!

[@Jury-m1c8k]

They thought that about loony Liz Truss too. That went well.Not. She does not get any better. Still hopeless. She quotes Tory institutions like the CBI, for support. Really. What else are they going to say? She has just announced a policy of massive tax cuts for the rich, without any explanation of where the money will come from. Same old, same old from the Tories. Loony Lizz mark 2. Just as night follows day, the Tories look after the rich at the expense on the poor. Just like a leopard cannot change it's spots.

[@stuartrichards-d6o]

Well they’re polling above Labour already.

[@katebradshaw9280]

@@stuartrichards-d6o …yeah, but the election is not for another 4 years.

[@mariontull7996]

They did that with the last guy Sunak , hoping he was going make Britain better look where it got us

[@dodondave]

​@@stuartrichards-d6olies

[@chickenminute8195]

Nobody in that room appears to know what they're doing.

[@terencequinn2682]

Cynicism is not intelligence.

[@caster3283]

Tories are unreal. Moaning about issues they introduced. Vile party.

[@barricadeish]

Badenoch sounds like a kid that has won a “Jim will fix it” badge

[@ijc9984]

After meeting Rolf Harris 😅😅😅

[@addfoxy]

NEVER vote Tory

[@ItWasAcceptableInThe80s]

God a private education really doesn't buy intelligence does it? Just blind privilege. Kemi sounds ridiculous every time she opens her mouth 😮

[@thembakhumalo-li7bl]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@MrRonnie491]

2 cheeks of the same backside! Our politicians have no sense of credibility!

[@nirmalsandhu5256]

She is terrible and the closure of the factory in Luton is to relocate jobs as part of a consolidation so nothing to do with the Labour budget..

[@br5380]

and Brexit

[@darrennandrewfitness2836]

​@@br5380 exactly 💯

[@SuttonianBoy]

Just what is the point of PMQ’s - he didn’t answer one question directly. Lindsay Hoyle has to do his job otherwise Parliament is an irrelevance which exactly what Starmer and Labour want!!

[@MrSmith_]

They're [businesses] not cutting jobs because of the budget. They're cutting jobs to boost profit margins which will yield higher dividend payouts for shareholders which will bolster further investment from said shareholders. That is just the way businesses work. Higher profits is always the main aim above all else. Businesses will run at a bare minimum if it means they can get by and still yield a higher profit.

[@PSI-qf8bq]

Spot on, the problem is your average Tory or Reform Party Ltd voter don't understand how companies work. 😂😂😂😂

[@87Fluorescent]

“The whole system we setup over the last 14 years is broken.. why didn’t you fix it in 3 months?” 🤣🤣

[@Fireinthelake]

She has to stop saying 'the system is broken'. I don't know whether she desperately clutches at straws bc of lack of self awareness or bc she's searching for an angle from which to attack. Maybe both. She needs to take a leaf out of the Republicans book and change the playing field (by changing the party), until then the cat will toy with the mouse unchallenged

[@markhyde1970]

That Badenoch woman gets more and more forgetful and desperate every week. They were in charge for 14 years and ****ed EVERYTHING.

[@Discombobulate453]

Both of them are pretty awful to be honest. Badenoch is just unskilled in being a worthy political opponent, and Starmer (along with his cabinet) have managed to destroy any shred of credibility that the Labour Party had left and has done more damage than Corbyn would have ever done. Starmer has basically turned into Sunak. Rather than answering questions, he’s just throwing jibes at the opposition. How are these two the most influential parties in the country? I didn’t vote Reform, but I can definitely see why younger people are being swayed towards them.

[@user-ca3sp7er1h]

Kemi Badenoch arrogance & toxicity on steroids

[@johnmorris3894]

Badenoch just rehashing GB News talking points. What an unserious person.

[@Richh-dt8yz]

I didn’t think I could dislike anyone more than Sunak, Johnson and Truss…

[@Chosen1-g6w]

They expect us to believe they've stumbled upon a £22 billion black hole!! We are Not stupid.

[@daveyevans6201]

"Resign and find out..." Badenoch doesn't know how politics works...

[@olatunjioladipo1980]

Do you not think it is disingenuous of you to think that Badenoch does not know that if Keir were to resign, that the Tory would still not form a government?

[@PaulWilson-r7m]

It’s like a breath of fresh air in the House of Commons, with Kemi Badenoch challenging Starmer with his robbing tactics… Keep up the pressure Kemi, well done…

[@horspiste]

Business? - didn't their hero Johnson have a choice word for business? Let me see now, what was it....?

[@leonbanks5728]

Three words: Pepper Pig World.

[@majudaem]

She is so out of her depth she makes rishi look like a total statesman, she actually raised questions about all the things that tories caused over 14 years…absolute own goal,!the tories should sack the Tory members and change the voting process as they have no idea how to pick a winner

[@ReetBoaTellThee]

Her accent is so affected. Why does she pretend like that.

[@ShahidKhan-ke8fe]

She grew up in Nigeria.

[@adamlauxd]

Think kier forgot to declare badenoch among his gifts :/

[@AlexDavidson-pe8pt]

Not that old chestnut again😜

[@william_marshal]

I'm so glad Badenoch is now the leader of the Tories, it will make winning the next election so much easier !!!

[@omgitsdefault]

The Chancellor is an expert at customer complaints - Hahaha I died.

[@TeddyStrongBear]

Badenoch is BAD 🤡🤡🤡

[@leonturner]

Yep. She is. Whats your point?

[@jennyralgrievous6192]

Dear lord 💀 Badenoch would be out of her depth in a puddle

[@nicholaslogan7232]

$450k Returns the Lord is my saviour in times of my need!!!

[@janetfreeman2300]

wow this awesome 👏 I'm 37 and have been looking for ways to be successful, please how??

[@nicholaslogan7232]

It's Ms. Susan Jane Christy doing, she's changed my life.

[@jonathandyes]

After I raised up to 325k trading with her I bought a new House and a car here in the states 🇺🇸🇺🇸 also paid for my son's surgery (Oscar). Glory to God.shalom.

[@doroteasilva]

Absolutely! I've heard stories of people who started with little to no knowledge but made it out victoriously thanks to Ms. Susan Jane Christy.

[@bernardallen9058]

Can't imagine earning $85,000 biweekly, God bless Ms. Susan Jane Christy, God bless America 🇺🇸♥️

[@colinbrown1321]

Tories not really in a position to criticise a budget. 😂

[@deborahbond3018]

Love starmer he can have my winter fuel allowance as long as millionaires spending the winter abroad are not getting it I hope he puts the money to good use ! And them rich farmers can do one !!! Fantastic work starmer as for electric cars we have to do something and we have a guide now something to work to !!! keep up the good work you have my vote the only thing the petition was good for was to wall paper the rioters cells !!!!! Xx

[@DarkCreed]

Last part sums up the Tories nicely.

[@antonygibson_]

5:53 anyone catch what the heckle was? I can't make it out

[@wendystewart8526]

It's disgusting to think they are paid around £100000 for that nonsense the whole system needs to be dismantled and they should be on the average 30/40 thousand a year then they would fully understand what people are going through and they have the cheek to call that work?

[@davidmcculloch8490]

"If he wants to know what conservatives would do..." I think we all know that after the last 14 years, Kemi the clown.

[@rubberduck3788]

What was the heckle at around 5:50? I can't quite make it out?

[@andreasgeorgiou4940]

I love the fact that the tories gave the audacity to talk! After spending years in power wrecking everything!

[@ET76001]

just sick of this woman already. She is an absolute bully but otherwise useless

[@Gruffydom]

Nodding dogs on the front bench.

[@Van-1954]

The Labour bench yes l totally agree

[@kaishinkaiarchives]

Imagine if we all behaved like this in our own places of work, people pointing the finger of blame and trying to score points off each other, and the booing and jeering by the crowd.

[@izzytrue8630]

She was terrible ... with a grin on her face!!!

[@chrismanners9091]

That is probably the worst LOTO performance I've ever seen. The first question by Badenoch was actually good, probing a fairly rash soundbite by Reeves about not putting up taxes again. I'm sure that was prepared. After that, she was all over the place, and pretty dishonest. The budget may have reduced the number of people who would be hired, but it hasn't led to jobs being cut. The OBR sees massive employment growth overall.

[@jsoham01]

It is a high time to raise the bars for visa extensions and permanent residency. The salary band should be increased for both skilled workers and NHS workers to get rid of many unnecessary immigrants and to bring down the net immigration significantly. The government should reconsider the graduate visa route.

[@johnmichaelford3615]

OMFG WHO WAS IT THAT CLOSED ALL THE PITS, WOOL FACTORIES AND HAD THE FIREMEN ON STRIKE ALSO MINERS WERE STRIKING. THAT WOULD BE THE TORIES

[@northeastlower]

Kemi won't last a year.....