HIGHLIGHTS: Keir Starmer schools ludicrous claims from Kemi Badenoch at PMQs

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[@johnwilletts3984]

Reality Check: I consider myself a typical working class pensioner here in South Yorkshire. I get the full state pension of over £1000 per four weeks, with this I get almost the same from my drop down private pension every month My wife gets almost the same. Mortgage has long since been paid off, we have no debt. We have two cars. We take a holiday every year. Our expenditure is considerably less that our income. My wife has the heating and hot water on all day and every day. We have never been so well off! I really don’t need any help paying for winter fuel. I prefer the money spent on the NHS etc.

[@clivet3252]

But it's not just about you is it? How can you be so selfish?

[@debb6393]

Yes, you’re right. I just miss out on the winter fuel as I get full state pension and like you I’m glad that some of the poorer pensioners who for some reason or other haven’t taken up pension credit now get it . I used to be out and about in community and believe me there are some very very rich pensioners and some very proud poor ones and I used to tell them they were entitled but they were suspicious of any help, I’m glad this is changing .

[@alieighty]

@@clivet3252 He's selfish because he'd rather lose his winter fuel payment and see it spent on the NHS instead? Okay...

[@clivet3252]

@alieighty yes because he has no right to speak for everyone else when he's comfortable.

[@alanbest9328]

A lot of well off pensioners used to give the weather to charity, so please don't tar all pensioners the same

[@Czechbound]

Non- UK Voter : So the Conservative Party cut back spending on people and infrastructure. Then lined the pockets of their donors during Covid. And now criticize the Labour Party for trying to sort out their mess. I'd admire her for having balls if I thought she understood Starmer's position. But like all sociopaths, her narcissism doesn't allow for criticism.

[@andrewnorth4857]

Totally agreed.

[@TheHoveHeretic]

You have an infinitely better grasp of the current UK situation than those relying on much of our legacy media for information.

[@ianlarman]

The Labour Party have renaged on everything they promised. They are scum of the worst kind.

[@satisfied656]

Well, at least BorisJohnson was dumb AND funny in a way! Kamy Badenough is just dumb... the Tories are going down the toilet like diarrhea and they deserve it!😮‍💨

[@Captn_Slow]

That’s what they do. They made everything a mess after 14 years and let the opposition do the unpopular things and clean up the mess, pretend it is none of their fault and they are for the people, wait until enough people forget the history then swoop back in and sh** on everyone all over again.

[@ClearlyDeaf6]

Once more we're talking about Pensioners whilst young people have suffered Tory austerity for 14 years. Great.

[@realistxxx4821]

Only the lazy bastards suffer austerity.

[@philipdouglas5911]

The tories did far worse when in power to those who need universal credit. Thousands driven into absolute poverty by the bedroom tax and the two child cap as well as many cuts to benefits as well as services. The number of food banks has rocketed because the need is so great. Pensioners are their core support and this speaks of vested interest.

[@joshking7800]

its because they are more likely to vote

[@theyoutubeguy1]

@@realistxxx4821 Exactly, the lazy 5 year olds with a less attentive education, the lazy nurses with more work on their hands, the lazy people sitting outside hospitals in ambulances.

[@andrewnorth4857]

Bang on.

[@thefairhairedboywiththered2951]

What are the hard one Brexit Freedoms ? My passport is worth significantly less thanks to Brexit and we have set up trading barriers with our neighbours.

[@alimantado373]

My buisness profits have halved since Brexit, The cost going to my international customers, some countries like Sweden I cannot even export to anymore because they are so stringent about trade with the UK. A disaster all round if you are a consumer or a trader.

[@derekbiggerstaff]

won

[@CurseOfDaSmurf]

​@@alimantado373woah! What a brexit freedom that is!

[@Noel-ji8nm]

@@CurseOfDaSmurf Freesom of movement.

[@CurseOfDaSmurf]

@@Noel-ji8nm within our own country??? Amazing!! What a great brexit freedom!!!

[@SpenceJS87]

I remember when students got screwed by the cut off during the Cameron years and were told to suck it up because 'there isn't enough money'.

[@clivet3252]

And now we have Starmer doing the same and he gets defended doing it by channels like this.

[@blazzz13]

@@clivet3252 £250 hike is hardly the same as tripling tuition fees and cutting grants is it? False equivalency.

[@clivet3252]

@@blazzz13 so tripling tuition fees is a scandal but putting 250 quid on top of these tripled tuition fees is fine? Unbelievable!

[@finalcut612]

@@clivet3252 you can’t be seriously equating the two? If the Tories didn’t create this mess this government wouldn’t be stuck cleaning it up!

[@clivet3252]

@@finalcut612 if the mess is tripling tuition fees then how is putting them up clearing it up?

[@ArtemisShanks]

This wretch has no shame at all. After 14 years of austerity, they are now trying to appear as the champions of the downtrodden. Ridiculous.

[@clivet3252]

Well someone has to be because Labour certainly aren't.

[@dianamincher6479]

No flood barriers from Conservatives in 14 years of flooding 6million homes and they ignore the lot?

[@ArtemisShanks]

@clivet3252 14 years of screwing over the poor, and you’re saying they’re now representing them in opposition? Rubbish.

[@clivet3252]

@@ArtemisShanks so you're fine with the poor being screwed as long as it's Labour doing it?

[@ArtemisShanks]

@@clivet3252 Who is being screwed by Labour? There’s a 22 million pound deficit they have to account for, whilst apologists such as yourself act as if the Tories aren’t entirely responsible for it.

[@gjaxx]

How many pensioners died because of the "cruel policy" of the Tories to remove them from hospitals and into care homes during the pandemic WITHOUT TESTING THEM???

[@ianlarman]

Labour were as much a part of Covid - it's a uniparty. Open your eyes.

[@rjy8960]

My father was on of those in a care home who died when untested people were moved into the home he was in. We shouldn't forget this.

[@kyorin6526]

It's way worse than that. The Tories inherited (AFTER the financial crisis) a growing economy. The Tories then introduced austerity (the means by which wealth was transferred from the poor to the already stinking rich), one of the results of austerity was over 300,000 AVOIDABLE deaths, and this was before Covid19!!!

[@dianamincher6479]

The Conservatives used criminal policies to run their cruel UK Covid Conservative management of sick and dying patients! They failed to help elderly Covid patients in Care Homes by depriving them of oxygen, skilled Covid free healthcare workers, Covid free spaces to stay free of Covid, Deximethezone medicine, all of which directly led to the death of 180,000 Covid patients. Badenoch failed to insist on International Healthcare standards being implemented in UK Care Homes and through this practice of gross negligence manslaughter she deliberately contributed to the deaths of 180,000 Covid patients!

[@alexward2051]

100,000 people have died since 2010 due to Tory austerity, say no more…

[@leetiller3431]

Please keep Badenoch at the helm of the Tories, she guarantees the continuation of Labour for decades.

[@UkSapyy]

or people protest like they did with Brexit and Reform takes a slim majority.

[@deborahgriffith7476]

@@UkSapyyReform could do that seeing as Musk is paying them £100 million to buy British democracy.

[@qeitkas594]

@@UkSapyy Agree. The biggest threat for Labour is Farage. The Tories are harmless like this.

[@anatolydyatlov5196]

​@@UkSapyyFarage has no chance of any majority

[@kieranmarsh363]

LOL

[@MadnessQuotient]

If the withdrawal of universal winter fuel payments results in hundreds of thousands of eligible pensioners signing up for pension credit that they are rightfully owed and getting the boost in quality of life that goes along with it then GOOD! If that wipes out the saving? Can't say i care. That sounds to me like the money being distributed to where it is most needed. The Conservatives had 14 years to get that money into the hands of the poorest pensioners, but they failed to get it done. Crowing about there being so many people not signed up to pension credit, immediately after your government, is not a win.

[@andrewmark2783]

@@MadnessQuotient Agreed. The craziest thing is that this is exactly what Badenoch said she was in favour of when she ran in the 2022 Tory leadership election. She's now trying to create distinctions between what she meant (but did not say) and what the government are doing, but it seems to me that this is exactly what she called for and is now playing politics by claiming otherwise.

[@filltheglass2618]

This is a joke. The most needy are being left without support and you brazenly don't care. Heartless

[@distinctdipole]

What the government should have done was ensure that those entitled to Pension Credit were getting it before the change to the Winter Fuel Allowance. Once again, a good policy poorly implemented and communicated. But still, some sense coming after 14 years of batshit crazy nonsense and cruelty.

[@jeangenie5807]

​@@filltheglass2618Not it is not. If people are entitled to claim, then the responsibility is theirs or their families to apply. You cannot keep wiping the noses, or nether regions for people who either don't want to claim or apply for 'charity' as some see it, or cannot be bothered to ask. There are enough leaflets and volunteers out in the country more than happy to help with advice and filling out forms! I've just done it for another of my older neighbours.

[@johnhoulihan4000]

Filltheglass - ah bless, you upset that the Conservatives are bleating about people entitled to pension credit are actually now applying for it because a Labour government is trying to increase the take up. Badenoch moaning about pensioners entitled to pension credit has wiped out the savings tell everybody Badenoch would rather pay wealthy pensioners the winter fuel allowance for their winter G&T holidays.

[@distinctdipole]

Once again, Bad Enoch ignores the entirety of the last 14 years.

[@fje1948]

‘Bad Enoch’….. 🤩

[@clivet3252]

I really don't understand this 14 years thing. She's only been an MP since 2017. Starmer distanced himself from Corbyn despite being in his shadow cabinet and supporting him, yet she's supposed to be responsible for a time where she wasn't even an MP?

[@Hideyourtoes_miyazaki]

@@clivet3252 she is part of the same party and shares many of the principals and policies

[@clivet3252]

@Hideyourtoes_miyazaki people like Anna Soubrey and Baroness Warsi distanced themselves from the party and said they didn't like the direction it was going in when she was in government.

[@clivet3252]

@Hideyourtoes_miyazaki and you completely ignored my point about Starmer. What are his principles?

[@AgentGreyFox]

Out of her depth! They are literally laughing at her. "Brexit Freedoms!" What a joke.

[@Steve-s8k]

Not as much as everyone laughing at Starmer, who is clearly way out of his depth.

[@Abioladavid01]

Trust me, you watched the exchanges typically of a blind and deaf fellow! She practically nailed Starmer to the cross and all he could do is to dudge abd cry of his usual 22 billion black hole. When next you watch, don't watch like a fellow fellow looking at skin color!

[@lorenzobianchini4415]

What is she Badenough talking about helping people at the end of their lives..Johnson didnt care,Truss didnt care and no Tory cares." LET THE BODIES PILE HIGH!! Quote Johnson!!!😂

[@charlesfriel5570]

Obviously labour don’t care either more broken promises worst party ever

[@SamEdz-b5t]

Thoughts and prayers for Kemi's "working class" family who will be struggling this xmas

[@Noel-ji8nm]

Starmer's robotic nonsense just won't wash.

[@andyf4292]

I heard they had to sack the butlers 3rd servant,, costs

[@Noel-ji8nm]

@@andyf4292 Starmer's not short of a few bob or two.

[@Noel-ji8nm]

@andyf4292 He's not short of a few bob or two.

[@clivet3252]

Thoughts and prayers for all the working class people who will struggle under this horrible government and people like you couldn't care less because Labour good Tories bad. Boo hiss the Tories.

[@chrislaurenceleo]

Badenuff is awful. She completely ignores the fact that labour based their manifesto on the economic projections at that time. Those projection were based on the figures given by the tories we now know the tories lied about the size of the black hole meaning it was impossible to produce a manifesto which is why labour are now having to make larger savings than anticipated.

[@clivet3252]

I bet used car salesmen love you.

[@pauldyerdyer2731]

Your clueless!

[@chrislaurenceleo]

@pauldyerdyer2731 but there are plenty of what you call clues. The OBR confirmed the tory lies they were given when they produced their forcasts . The Bank of England confirmed the economy is far worse than the tories said blaming brexit as the biggest economic drain. The only person not confirming it is the man with a track record of lying. The man who took russian mobey to ruin Britain. The man trying to grift money of Musk. The man who incited the race riots.

[@nathijomac]

@@clivet3252 I mean, what's wrong in what he said? Have you not been keeping up with the conversation?

[@docthomas8717]

Layyyybor keeps talking about the 22 billion blackhole. It's gone stale😂😂😂

[@azalith8645]

Even when Kemi attempts to say something kind at the start she somehow still seems so snide and arrogant

[@christaylor3911]

She has no empathy or social intelligence. Truly embarrassing.

[@andrewmark2783]

She has the emotional intelligence of a teaspoon.

[@deborahgriffith7476]

She can’t help that, she’s a Tory.

[@paulharrisharris5761]

@@andrewmark2783 😂🤣😝

[@clivet3252]

If only she could be as charming as Starmer.

[@theyoutubeguy1]

It's as if they have completely forgotten about austerity and how it has ended up destroying public services. She is so upset about the pensioners losing their winter fuel payments but is against them claiming pension credits. Make your mind up Kemi, you can't support the pensioners by criticizing them for taking the benefits they deserve.

[@theyoutubeguy1]

Now she is talking about bad budgets? Has she forgotten about Liz Truss' budget?

[@clivet3252]

Are you talking about Labour?

[@PublicVoodoo]

Tories making it sound like they stand for the pensioners, hospices and generally the people... always lying as usual, they couldn't give a damn about the people unless they are business associates or went to Eton and are apart of the funny handshake brigade.

[@alimantado373]

tnclude the tax dodging charities amongsr that handshake brigade. They set up Charities as a tax dodge.

[@ianlarman]

Are you for real? Labour have lied to get into power. They will not remain in power.

[@clivet3252]

Well Labour certainly don't

[@Paul-p2j4v]

Starmer outclassed again, what a surprise!

[@lifebites21]

Hard won Brexit freedoms hahaha good one.

[@SlowhandGreg]

quadrupled migration tanking economy rising taxes They have plenty to moan about

[@dianamincher6479]

We earned the right to our Brexit chains?

[@majorsheen]

Wii got are sovrinty bak mayte

[@SlowhandGreg]

@majorsheen what sovereignty did you loose?

[@majorsheen]

@ *lose

[@evie1915]

If the pensioners are entitled to pension credit, good for them.

[@partlyflammable]

Yes her argument, your savings on people who dont need the wfa will be wiped out by the poorest pensioners who have missed out on pension credit when they should have been getting it, is ludicrous. Our taxes should be going to the people who need the help, not the people who dont. That is a benefit!! It doesn't wipe the savings out as those people should have been claiming pension credit in the first place. It is an actual addressing of a social unfairness propped up by 14 years of the cons.

[@MX-Vette]

All i want is to know my taxes are fully funding services for myself and my fellow countryfolk, and to provide the necessary infrastructure to eventually make my money go further. The tories were never going to do that. Reform certainly will not.

[@nathanharding7130]

She isn't very good, is she

[@MacTheRipper1]

The best they have got,apparently!😂

[@jacobcohen9205]

You think Starmer is, I expect. Lol.

[@reesespics126]

@@jacobcohen9205and you probably think Farage is the answer. They’re all useless unfortunately. Reform will be disastrous so Labour really need to start making a positive impact.

[@foldingglint1514]

@@jacobcohen9205Equivalent to “You don’t like apples, well you must love oranges!” idiot

[@Noel-ji8nm]

​@jacobcohen9205 Starmer's robotic responses just don't wash.

[@matthewwaters9742]

Keir is doing must better than the UK population are giving him credit for. Take the time to read about what the government has done, rather than listening to your echo chambers.

[@Steve-s8k]

That could be the most delusional comment ever. Keir hasn't a clue what he is doing and if by some chance that he does, it certainly isn't for the benefit of any of the public.

[@pauljohnleadbeater5533]

​@Steve-s8kreckon he will quit this year, he will be forced out too, no way he can win the next GE, he is screwed.

[@Steve-s8k]

@@pauljohnleadbeater5533 The trouble is the whole cabinet is just as bad as him, they are all intrenched with the same ideology. Even though I would never vote for Corbyn, at least he had core Labour values at the forefront of his policies and actually wanted to help the working class. No, people have got to realise that it isn't just starmer that is the problem but the whole of Labour and for that reason they must not win the next election.

[@AndrewSelwyn10]

Kemi is class she asks the questions in a calm demeanour all Starmer can do is point his finger shout and evade giving straight answers it s a disgrace he is PM of this country.

[@EC-xr9ek]

Brexit freedoms?... What Brexit freedoms?

[@filltheglass2618]

What do you mean, What Brexit Freedoms? Have you not read about Brexit feedoms or are you just being mindless

[@foldingglint1514]

@@filltheglass2618I think you both mean freedoms in different ways, the original commenter is meaning freedom for the public (frictionless travel etc) and you I assume mean trade freedom (eg with China)

[@metalthrashingmatt]

​@filltheglass2618 , care to illusidate us?

[@alimantado373]

I bet in this thread nobody can actually name one!

[@filltheglass2618]

@@alimantado373 You mean freedom to apply tarrifs, cherry-pick migration, Regulations without EU restrictions, Invest and establish bodies focused on business innovation without EU oversight. Not hard to read a few pages. There's a document called "The Benefits of Brexit: How the UK is taking advantage of leaving the EU" to read. Unfortunately there's no pictures or colours for you.

[@kyorin6526]

Badenoch shows how to say Merry Christmas and not mean a single word of it to any of the people/groups she addressed....

[@Youalleatmuffins]

🎯

[@stevefoster5789]

Well done Kemi you mullered him again, I think he must look foreward to PMQs not. And he boasts about the triple lock £470 a year after you take the £300 winter allowance off it comes to £170 a year Whoopy doo a whole £3.20 a week.I am spoilt for choice what to spend it on

[@Paul-p2j4v]

Kemi won that one but no surprises there.😂😂

[@kyorin6526]

@@stevefoster5789 Kemi never wins, she usually just points out her own government's failures, and somehow thinks that's a win. Hardly anyone on any side expects her to still be leading the Tories when the next election comes around.

[@stevefoster5789]

@@kyorin6526 She wins every time he fails to answer a question and more people are noticing it and as for saying that people don't expect her to be Tory leader at the next election you must be assuming that it will be in four and a half years time ,The way this government are performing it will be a lot sooner than that

[@charliegeorge5837]

Why are these people able to behave like naughty school children in an official capacity? What's the point in the speaker of the house? No wonder people are completely disenganged with UK politics, its an embarrassment.

[@chrispitchforth621]

"Brexit freedoms" more like Brexit restrictions.

[@wreckless50]

It's almost as if the tories suddenly care about the people.

[@clivet3252]

It's almost as if Labour suddenly don't

[@dianamincher6479]

Badenoch is suffering from a bad dose of selective amnesia but thinks she is earning her whopping great salary of 160,000 pounds per year with this African jive?!

[@Philljag]

I remember starmer complaining Boris never answered the questions and here he is doing the same thing! 🤦‍♀️

[@dextercool]

Tories pretending to care about people is always amusing to behold.

[@clivet3252]

Do you find it funny when Labour do it?

[@HDSPKSRecords-gi1ob]

Like Labour care!

[@clivejones5561]

Why don't they mention how much MP's are claiming on winter fuel for they second homes

[@robertowen7369]

I have 3 homes

[@Insightful21]

And for homes they sold under right to buy which they claimed and then want to remove themselves

[@FamataDaboSeidi]

Thanks Mrs kemi Badanoch Very merry Christims and and Happy New years and hope all the best for yours group of conservative party ❤

[@_Ali.]

This is the cream of the tories. She’s the very best person they could find after months of searching people... imagine her being PM...

[@paulharrisharris5761]

It is so hard to imagine her ever being Prime Minister😂. But I’m glad she is leader of the limp opposition.

[@clivet3252]

Have you seen who the PM is?

[@_Ali.]

You know it amazes and scares me how people look at an actual intelligent person and then compare them to a walrus and try and convince you the animal noises are better than someone who led the crown prosecution service. Right or left leaning, you have to be fucking good at what you do to get there and fucking smart too. But I’m going to assume anyone who thinks Starmer is thick and boring (politics isn’t meant to be entertaining? I’ll go to a circus if I wanted a bastard giggle) also thinks Farage is smart, a man of the people and Brexit has made us better off as a nation...

[@clivet3252]

@@_Ali. You really don't have to be that bright to be DPP. It's a job for failed lawyers. If he was a brilliant lawyer he wouldn't have gone into politics.

[@HDSPKSRecords-gi1ob]

Imagine Labour having a black, female leader? Sir Kier can't even tell you what a woman is!

[@MrMusicbyMartin]

You can’t argue with a pathological liar, this whole thing is a waste of time.

[@delbroox]

How can she even TALK ABOUT BREXIT! the UK is worse off because of it, who does she want to fool?

[@mikerconway]

Starmer gets more Dalek-like by the day.

[@ShahidKhan-ke8fe]

God. She thinks she's so clever. If only she was right...

[@craigi75]

Kemis pensioners are worse off but going to claim more than they were in pension credits? She needs to decide if they are going to worse off or not because she’s batting both sides

[@distinctdipole]

And of course when addressing lies, Starmer fails to mention Johnson's lies to parliament and the public.

[@reviewbridge3400]

No point dredging all that up, when he's not even an MP any more. Going to be hard working that in. I guess him mentioning how the Tories want loads of handouts without paying for them is in the ballpark.

[@npont3819]

I voted labour but I am so disappointed. He was asked an important question about a cancer charity having to reduce services because of his decisions and he responds “we’re driving up productivity” it’s sickening and so disappointing

[@theeclecticcollection]

If Marie Curie are short on cash, maybe they could have a word with their landlord, the King for a hand. He is a multi millionaire after all

[@paulharrisharris5761]

And he and his family are the biggest benefit scrounges in Britain. God save the king , Save him from what. Not being able to buy your children new clothes ,shoes or put a decent meal on the table for them . Trying your best to make ends meet. God save the king my ars 😡

[@user-sv2pt4xj9t]

I think PoliticsJOE is becoming the Pravda of British journalism. What happened to scrutiny of those in power?

[@ProsecutorZekrom]

“Hard won Brexit freedoms”, I’ve never laughed so hard at a PMQs ever. 😂😂😂😂😂 She’s my favourite Tory leader just for the sheer cheek of that line!

[@ketongu]

the freedom to rent warehouses in order to store paperwork needed to trade with ireland. Hard fought freedoms!!

[@jacobshaw8825]

She could barely keep a straight face whilst she said it !

[@jacobcohen9205]

Can you explain your comments, please? Maybe we can start by discussing how we benefitted from our former membership in the EU. I'll wait.

[@jacobcohen9205]

I lost count of the times Starmer told us all his father was a toolmaker.

[@ProsecutorZekrom]

@@jacobcohen9205 Better and easier trade with our neighbours, customs union ensured the high quality of goods, easier for students to go and study in Europe (and hence more attractive - which is critical when we lose millions per year due to not having enough bilinguals)… to name only a few. How about you name the benefits we’ve seen after leaving?

[@hasanhussain3684]

Why are the Tories trying their best to get everyone to forget about what’s happened in the last 14 years? Nobody forgot and that’s why they got booted out in July

[@docthomas8717]

Everybody has forgotten haven gone through the last 6 months with starmer😂😂

[@HDSPKSRecords-gi1ob]

Starmer has done worse in 6 months. Vote Reform and let's get both sides of the Uniparty out, and vote in a leader who actually cares what happens to this country.

[@Insightful21]

And that's why Starmer got less votes than Corbyn did in 2017 or 2019!

[@Jenny-e4v]

Tories left UK in a mess. Destroyed uk. 14 years of chaos

[@Insightful21]

Not as much as this 6 months of disaster the Labourites have inflicted upon us. Lowered already abysmal growth forecasts from the OBR whilst raising tax.

[@lestrem11]

Starmer was completely humiliated. Are you ill?

[@chiplawson5491]

In what way? He proved that you can not trust a word the Tories say. That Kemi Badenoch does not believe in the winter fuel allowance despite what she says now. She is an utter hypocrite to pretend otherwise. That the Tories believe the triple lock is unsustainable. That pensioners would be worse off under the Tories. That wilth pension credit and next year's pension incease pensioners will as a whole better off under Labour than they were under the Tories. That she wants investment in the NHS etc but she has no clue how to raise the money. She wants all the benefits of Labour investment in NHS, housing etc, but can not pay for it as she would rule out the Labour tax rises. Either meaning more national debt, leading to more austerity cuts, or she simiply is taking potshots without a clear knowledge of how to pay for investment. Tories oppose the winter fuel allowance cuts but refuse to rule out keeping them when/if they are next in power. He also points out very clearly to her any unpoular policies are a result of the mess of 14 years of Tory government. What she doesn't like is the fact he constantly reminds them every difficult choice being made now is because the Tories have decimated Britain. What Starmer does is paint a faileed Tory party that wants the benefits of British investment without the plans or money to make it happen. A Tory party that is angry about pensioners treatment, but with a leader that does not believe in the winter fuel allowance, a party that says the triple lock is unsustainable, and which refuses to commit to reinstating the allowance to those who will lose it. He just exposes them as the absolute charlatans they are.

[@Deano14397]

Wasn't it the Tories who started this

[@Abioladavid01]

Well, Starmer fooled you and millions that voted for his lies and incompetence! You will know better when Trump is inaugurated and how he will relate with UK with this incompetent hands

[@raycollins.1297]

she tells the truth he tells lies he cant answer questions

[@lokischildren8714]

Well done the prime minister

[@ianlarman]

Don't call that skunk 'Prime Minister' - he defiles the post. I'm utterly amazed that ANYONE supports the lying cheating traitor.

[@dolceanstar]

The tories had 14 years to ensure pensioners eligible for pension credits recieved them. Much as I dislike Starmer, he is not responsible for the tory ignorance Badenoch promotes in opposition.

[@gadfageyar]

How many pensioners died as a result of tory austerity. Answer that Badenoch!

[@docthomas8717]

I'm glad you listened to her😂

[@LeonHarwood-g7g]

Priministers questions this week was very good, merry christmas, a happy New year and a happy Easter

[@sarahjf69]

How many pensioners died because of the Tories actions through the Covid pandemic? How much money did they waste?

[@leonard8766]

It's all theatre.

[@davecap2641]

Suddenly after 14 years, the torys care.........what happened, did aliens swop them ???

[@clivet3252]

Suddenly after 14 years Labour don't.

[@mr.christopheralancurd1349]

​@@clivet3252 Again, The Labour Party isn't Left Wing Socialist Democratic Republican Party anymore. It's Centralist Right Wing Conservative Tory Party and has been before I was born.

[@johna6968]

Another fool

[@vivelarxvolution84]

Do people not understand that it’s a question of choosing the ‘least worst party’

[@AwesomeWookiee]

Kemi may be an absolute travesty, but unfortunately she is right about Charities. Hopefully next year, the budget can help fix that mess.

[@Simba65315]

Charities only exist where the government has failed. Charities shouldn't need to exist. The Tories rely on charities so they can siphon off billions to their own pockets instead of spending it on the people.

[@vishmaster09]

8:43 this literally sums up labours slogan for the last few months

[@nightstrike6299]

Loving the fact that Kemi completely ignored one of Kier's answers to her questions. "We're going to figure out funding for hospices in the new year" "I didn't hear a commitment to support hospices" Lmfao

[@pboo2607]

"We're going to figure out funding for hospices in the new year" You think that's any sort of answer ? You won't hear another word about it from Starmer.

[@docthomas8717]

Shamefully said he'll figure it out next year. She had him by the balls there 😂😂😂

[@paulbaddiley7326]

2 tier Kier couldn't school his own kids! Never mind anyone else. He has single handedly destroyed the Labour Party and his downfall won't take too much longer😊

[@twometerpeter]

Kemi's smug, half faced smile combined with unlikeability levels off the scale and grandeur incompetence, really excite me for the future of this labour government.

[@Paul-je7bo]

Get out of your echo chamber and see how disliked Labour are

[@Simba65315]

@@Paul-je7bo you're in the echo chamber. 412 seats to 121.

[@twometerpeter]

@@Paul-je7bo 😆 by Tory voters and racists, generally. Imagine not fixing 14 years of chaos in 7 months.

[@Linda-iy3qh]

And the smug MPs sitting alongside her on that frontbencher are smug and hideous too 😠😡🤬

[@Graham-dh6ol]

This is surely a bot 🤣

[@muirislandjim453]

Olukemi Olufunto Adegoke Badenoch is off for her steak lunch

[@aupaaupa2377]

Going on about the economy shrinking (0.1%) after Brexit and 14 years of tories is remarkable

[@Goonerdarma]

I tried to watch this video, but I can't listen to Bad enoch without my blood pressure going up.

[@mawkernewek]

although I don't agree with Kemi Badenoch's views, I actually find Keir Starmer far more irritating to listen to.

[@pboo2607]

What and you can listening to that irritating robot voiced prat ?

[@paulharrisharris5761]

@@mawkernewek probably because you have never seen a Prime Minister do the job properly. I’m old enough to remember PMs without the show biz bluster and smoke and mirrors. He’s there to do a very important job. Not put on a show for the media .

[@mawkernewek]

@@paulharrisharris5761 In your opinion, who was the last Prime Minister to do the job properly?

[@HarryVaughan-w4v]

I am a 27 year old Brit from Nottinghamshire. Brexit has literally made the past 4 years of my life a misery. I thought naively it would be relatively straight forward to move to Italy post Brexit only to discover that any other visa other than a spouse visa is almost impossible. Brexit means my qualifications obtained in the UK are worth nothing without complex accreditation in the EU member state if I want to work there, not to mention the damage particularly caused for small businesses in exporting to Europe. And when it comes to exporting between GB and NI, let’s not even go there as the DUP have done more for a unified Ireland than Sinn Fein in over 100 years. Brexit freedoms she claims, to me it feels like I’m imprisoned as a result of old aged pensioners.

[@catherinemartin6258]

The conservatives have no idea

[@HDSPKSRecords-gi1ob]

Labour are killing this country - giving more money to illegal immigrants than our pensioners, farmers, business owners and homeless families.

[@johna6968]

You got that bit wrong.

[@grahamgriffiths7405]

Ffs, every answer is the £22billion black hole, if he paid a fiver every time he says it it would be filled 🤣

[@mihangelap-williams9871]

Kimmy is focusing on the budget like she's got a golden ticket when in reality it's a leftover legacy from them

[@Dayrile123]

I actually feel sick with anger when the Tories try to pin any of this on Labour.

[@HDSPKSRecords-gi1ob]

You're too tribal then. Take a step back and realise they are both horrendous. The Tories are useless, and Labour? Who do they even represent anymore? Certainly not the working class or poor people. They are now the party of ethnic minorities, champagne socialists and illegal immigrants.

[@johna6968]

They're pinning it on each other. You clearly dont understand how this works.

[@Dayrile123]

@johna6968 I'm sorry, but which party was in power for the last 14 years?

[@slobberdan8428]

Can’t believe PoliticsJoe backs Kier Starmer. He’s a loser and is wrecking the country.

[@Richardtv1968]

The black hole / triple lock answer is getting annoying

[@robertowen7369]

Ahh leave black holes to Stephen Hawkins

[@drcommonsense1]

It's a relevant response. It is no small amount but any government spending needs to be funded. Tories had 14 years where we have plenty of evidence of gross unethical spending of public finances. Atleast Labour are trying to do it the correct way

[@SirAdamKenna]

Tories pretending to care about the people they've fucked over for the last 14 years, I don't buy it.

[@HDSPKSRecords-gi1ob]

Maybe, but we know for a fact that Labour will fuck us over more. We're just cash cows for their pet causes, like housing 3rd world immigrants and paying reparations to countries you've never heard of!

[@folakeakinwande79]

Kemi u are great I know u very well u are born to great sis God bless u.

[@annachy-r1v]

Shame we have to endure Bad Enoch to get to hear Starmer dealing with her perfectly competently

[@shanbykabax4023]

Greed, greed, greedy bloody politicians out for no one but themselves and we keep voting for the same hypocrites every bloody time why

[@Cherrytune386]

The tories really are finished aren't they? 😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉

[@richardvolbrecht2935]

Starmer clearly does not recognize HE IS the Ruling Party. It is nonsensical to blame the Tories ... they are not the Ruling Party

[@ArBee123]

She needs to stick to questions more on her level. Hows the weather? Fave sandwich filling?

[@chindit6784]

How does giving at most £300 to 850000 result in 2.3 billion. Its far closer to 230 million.

[@leolion9535]

Definitely a great gift from the Tories to Labour. Thank you Kemi Badenoch.

[@susantemienor]

your delusional, she wiped the floor with him, what is wrong with you ?

[@paulharrisharris5761]

@@susantemienor😂😂

[@johna6968]

The best gift for Reform / Conservative is the baffoon waffling nonsense and lies. Wise up!

[@basseynoise8276]

God, she is awful. I hope the Tories keep her as the leader......

[@steve11211]

Can the Prime minister please actually turn up to PMQ's instead of sending his parrot.... The tea lady must get bloody annoyed at no10.. "Would you like milk with your tea Mr Prime Minister"... "Look we inherited a £22bn black hole, smash the gangs, growth, working people, all the Tories fault, Net Zero"

[@realistxxx4821]

Keir Starmer schools ludicrous claims from Kemi Badenoch at PMQs!!!!! What planet are you living on. What really shocked me was that Mr Contemptable actually turned up. Maybe it's drinks with Ally later on.

[@HelenComyn]

Little Miss Loudmouth!😱 What a pain!!😡 And as for benefits of Brexit???????🥹😅😂🤣🥲🤮

[@andrewhggj3695]

Imagine that, people who she describes as struggling sign up to their entitled pension credit and she argued it's a bad result. Make sense!

[@overrunbydachshounds]

Why do the Tories always sound like a group of school kids everytime time they think their group have made a point or the government opisist make a point they don't like? Maybe we need to stop the 'public' school boys joining politics.

[@gavina5857]

Hahaha. Only a blinkered bias could write this headline to this vid. Starmer didn't school anyone! He only did his usual - didn't answer a question or commit to anything. The Rhetoric King.

[@tombblades]

Starmer is great at dodging questions. Badenoch is brilliant!

[@MrThom89]

Not seen pmq’s before? Hardly the first to do so. Kemp is awful and will be a gift to Labour

[@jssonstevens59]

My God, how desperate are you. Certainly delusional.

[@esm7708]

Brilliant at not looking at the Tory legacy or her own record before asking her questions

[@matthewwaters9742]

He literally said we will let hospices know about their funding in the new year.

[@mustysalih8336]

Their funding probably runs April to March so announcing their funding from January is in the new year but before their financial new year so it does make sense.

[@andrewnorth4857]

Pensioners don't work, they don't pay income tax, they don't pay national insurance. They generally don't have mortgages and they generally don't pay rent. They get free TV licences, free bus passes, winter fuel allowances, and a plethora of concessionary fares wherever they go. They also have an abundance of charities dedicated to their needs and state services to ensure they have a good standard of living. It's no surprise then that most pensioners have disposable incomes that would embarrass someone in full-time employment. Yet their demands for more and more of other people's money never ends. I am starting to think today's seniors are the most entitled generation ever to walk the earth.

[@Paul-je7bo]

You try living on 12k a year

[@andrewnorth4857]

@@Paul-je7bo After the mortgage and taxes that pensioners don't have to pay, I am living on 6k a year as it is.

[@plagiarisedwords]

​@@Paul-je7bo pensioners are not all the same. While some will be poor. Many in this country don't pay a mortgage because they got to buy houses on the cheap. An opportunity younger people won't get (unless labour do manage to build lots of houses). Have generous defined benefits pension payments that again younger people won't get. Yet on top of this, they get handouts for utilities. I know because my parents fall into the category of people that definitely don't need taxpayer help. The whole policy from labour could have been designed better but on the whole taking away the winter fuel payments is correct. There are plenty of working people that need to use food banks. Don't see the Tory concern for them

[@KarenDyker]

Yes they did work for 40 plus years paying into the pot,and not all pensioners get free FA,I think it’s your generation that feel entitled,get back to us when you have have worked 44 years and got up at five in the morning,driving one hour to work,then doing a 12 hour shift ,then driving a hour home,then you can see how entitled you feel.

[@colinurquhart105]

remember most worked all their days and payed taxes for the right of a happy old age.

[@GGeJJ1]

Politics is truly disappointing. Starmer did not provide a single substantial answer, and we're all picking sides claiming he won, or she won (as you'll see on Tory leaning channels). Meanwhile, no answers are provided because PMQs is a partisan point scoring competition. Ridiculous, and unprofessional. We should have access to a PMQs where the snarky questions and answers are not allowed, and the prime minister has to actually answer questions.

[@dom9882]

PMQs is largely a waste of time. Keir is no better. Punch and Judy politics. The country deserves better.

[@johntimberlake2958]

And what do you propose instead? Better a democratic Punch & Judy knock about than a clown dictatorship like Putin, Xi or Trump.

[@dom9882]

@ OK OK. Everybody deserves better except for @johntimberlake2958 who is happy with Punch and Judy politics.

[@nicolvmax]

It's amazing they seem to think they are still the only parties. The public have given up on them both.

[@PeterCapelin]

What planet does she live on talk about useless 😂

[@williamcadman6333]

5:52 “I don’t want to have to ring your mother.” Legend 🤣

[@darrensallah3966]

Bad enough strikes again

[@MrThom89]

Which is nothing to do with the government if you had a clue

[@Retro_Rix_86]

Can Starmer, or any other politician, give a straight forward answer to a question!? Is this really the best we have in this country to lead us!?

[@atifarohman3342]

I wish starmer would answer questions with facts instead of just repeating 22 billion blackhole and the shadow chancellor calling the triple lock unsustainable 😒

[@reviewbridge3400]

He did. Just because you're ignorant of them, doesn't mean he didn't give them. He told her he's keeping the triple lock, and raised minimum wage, and what was in their manifesto, and her words on the winter fuel payment. How much he was putting into the NHS. What are you missing?

[@williamwilson8582]

Brexit freedoms . If thats freedom I don't want to be free.

[@robertowen7369]

I want to break freeeee