Keir Starmer mocks Nigel Farage for spending so much time in US

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Trump administration opposes Chagos Islands deal, Farage claims in parliament - UK politics live ► www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2024/nov/13/wes-streeting-nhs-hospital-league-tables-starmer-badenoch-pmqs-uk-politics-live?filterKeyEvents=false&page=with%3Ablock-67349aef8f08ab632f8ec92b#block-67349aef8f08ab632f8ec92b

[@louiselawmon3600]

Maybe starmer should move to America. That would be great for the uk. Or on the other hand step down.

[@RogerDDog]

He did!

[@Veriface]

Parliament sounds like a football crowd.

[@sickman112]

Genuinely more lively than prem stadiums

[@stevensko9153]

Except dumber

[@marshmallowblaster]

They're even singing at 0:45

[@MaxCheng95]

It’s supposed to sound like that. Parliament rules prohibit MPs from clapping in the fear of “drowning out a civil debate”, so the MPs chant “hear, hear” (or rather a mushed version of it) instead of clapping when they agree with something

[@SK-kh2rs]

Its always been like this

[@lynxon9939]

Why is the british cabinett more resembling of a pub?

[@doncorleone1553]

British mfs: “American politics are so uncivilized I just like to watch with my popcorn!” British politics:

[@martanna20]

Or a rap battle

[@outerlands936]

a menagerie

[@bengoodhind8595]

As it should be

[@adambattersby8934]

You do know that this is how the British Parliament has operated for centuries? It's confrontational and rowdy and full of jokes and banter. That's how the British do it. It's not new.

[@TreeMovies]

this is one of the first times starmer has said something genuinely funny in PMQs lol

[@Bertrum123]

And true .

[@Dantheman-0..1]

Nah it was lame - Farage did a way better burn years ago when he called the EU President a dishrag nobody had heard of.

[@stanbily9416]

@@Bertrum123 Hypocritical too - just not the first time.

[@Hydrix710]

You must not have heard his one liner on Truss' book.

[@kodan7879]

Probably his entire life.

[@ldlq804]

I dont understand how in the parliament the are so rude and sarcastic and yet so civilized, i mean i have never seen an mp getting offended by the puns of other mp.

[@krisjb13]

Lol because it’s more embarrassing and potentially career ending if they react badly you can’t read between the lines nitwit

[@323guiltyspark]

Rules of parliamentary decorum require MPs to only address the Speaker of the House and refer to one another in the third person by their constituency rather than name. This blunts what might otherwise be sharp jabs.

[@Valpo2004]

Being sarcastic is also a big part of British culture too even if not especially among friends. A politician getting offended by that would appear weak to pretty much everyone. It has to be witty though. Problem is our politicians in the US are not witty so they just name call.

[@user-bl7em8sx6o]

Wheres starmers two tier policing?

[@cicolas_nage]

@@Valpo2004 americans in general are very bad with insults and banter

[@joshuaparrott2458]

Starmer was waiting to say that.

[@lindacurrie8817]

Farage fell right into it feet first. The PM perfect jab at the right moment.

[@Bariom_dome]

He had the chance to say what many thought of Farage

[@tonyoliver2750]

Starmer seems to spend more time abroad than Farage.

[@nmp3132]

​@tonyoliver2750 the video hurt you didn't it Tony?😂

[@joshuaparrott2458]

@@tonyoliver2750 Doing his job. What's Farage doing?

[@loftgroovv]

I dislike Starmer, but for ONCE he actually said something quite funny here, fair play.

[@henrylechmere5042]

No one likes everyone either

[@AB-gb6zz]

You dislike him because the tory and farage crony media told you to. Sheep

[@silondon9010]

I wish starmer would spend more time abroad

[@RictaScale.Official]

He isn't funny when he robs pensioners of their winter fuel allowance or imprisoning people for social media posts.

[@Phloneme]

Not true. I remember a couple very hard-hitting remarks towards Suella Braverman.

[@matthias7790]

I like how the British Parliament is de facto a football stadium.

[@heydog-qo9de]

They get paid to sit, might as well make it entertaining

[@nintendofan1749]

Even Farage was like: “Okay fine, fair play to him.”

[@DevonPixie1991]

I can’t stand Starmer but I’ll let him have this one.

[@lindacurrie8817]

Very gracious of you!.....Not.

[@sawittwo]

Humor is awesome!

[@fiachragallagher1337]

Bet he’s elated pal

[@SilentWalker-if4nc]

would be funny if the country was actually doing well

[@waynewayne4787]

Agree every second in there should be 100 % focused the state of this country..

[@obinator9065]

They have 14 years of cleaning up to do. That doesn't happen in 4 months.

[@utv5490]

​@@waynewayne4787They need to get a Wayne in the cabinet - The Minister for It Is What It Is!

[@waynewayne4787]

@@utv5490 definitely

[@SilentWalker-if4nc]

@obinator9065 were labour in a coma for 14 years or?

[@andrewsutherland133]

As an American who watched this live on C-SPAN (government broadcasting), even I laughed

[@utuberme1]

Cspan broadcasts uk parliament?

[@andrewsutherland133]

@@utuberme1 yeah, usually when Congress is at recess

[@themidnightinator]

The fact even Farage is laughing though

[@bigfoot5064]

Look at the absolute hatred emanating from Corbyn's eyes

[@Джеклейланд]

Farage doesn’t belong in the commons, he’s a grifter

[@MH-bf4uu]

He's the GOAT

[@ivanhardy-Birt1124]

Who is it directed to , Farage or Starmer , I doubt he likes either

[@Джеклейланд]

@@ivanhardy-Birt1124 He hates Farage way more probably

[@drunkenhobo5039]

I'd have loved to have voted for him. Shame about all of the antisemitism stuff.

[@hot655-u5c]

Keir Starmer actually being funny lol

[@nickblackshaw9660]

Talks about the government being rude about Trump yet that man has been rude about a number of other leaders and expects the world to just take it

[@ommnis598]

@JillianJillian-j7tYeah, dictators

[@SmilingNinja]

​@JillianJillian-j7t I would prefer if people like Kim Jong-un and Vladimir Putin hated the leader of my country. 😂

[@sovahkiin4250]

He's not the pm

[@nathanielclaw2841]

@JillianJillian-j7t by a lot you mean a few that are mostly dictators

[@barrybrodin7085]

​@JillianJillian-j7twho?

[@alexkat8297]

You see a session of the UK parliament and you understand how standup comedy was born

[@geraintshide2043]

Do you know that's the first time I laughed at a joke by stamer 😂

[@mattgee5609]

Touché

[@clemlowes2112]

The uncomfortable laugh is hilarious. Oppssssss.......you got me. 😏

[@spencerbuchanan95]

People talk about how divisive American politics are…then there’s UK parliament where MPs cheer and jeer like they’re at football game.

[@Whirlwinder00]

This is why I love watching PMQs even here from Germany 🤣😆

[@robtom-gz5ku]

Be better if they were drinking pints of ale

[@fujohnson8667]

From Starmer who said he prefers Davos to Westminster lol.

[@spcxplrr]

but the question still stands: what did he do with big chungus?

[@Kwigs_kun]

At this point they should honestly just call it the House of Bants

[@hhbased]

As a german i would like to know why so many people hate Starmer, but didnt have a problem with Johnson for example. Is it because he is "boring"? In that case the problem is not him but you, the voting population.

[@DinoMan_6]

Only a German would say this.

[@hhbased]

@DinoMan_6 i will ignore your racist comment. ask* i have just asked why because i would like to understand the people who cant stand him

[@HeydenHarvey]

Most people in the UK voted for Labour as a lesser evil, which tends to make people hate who they voted for even more, which also happened in the U.S. 2020 election

[@hhbased]

@@HeydenHarvey okay so its more of a frustration about the political class in general, got it 🤔

[@l-dogtheman1685]

​@@hhbasedeasy: tories destroyed the country over 14 years, so people voted labour for the first time and expected everything to be great immediately. It's only been four months, and Starmer wasn't able to turn things around yet. Only tories get 14 years, labour has to do the work in a few months

[@jly5828]

Donald Trump going to kick Keir Starmer cabinet hard in this coming four year.

[@Exciteddelirium1]

Starmer has a sense of humor? Crickey

[@AB-gb6zz]

Learn to spell before having a go. Crikey.

[@mezbrookscarter8289]

It's spelled humour

[@alastairgreen2077]

Crikey.

[@bl4531]

The poster could be American ...or a non- English native speaker who was taught American English. ​@@mezbrookscarter8289

[@akirosakuragi9279]

​@@mezbrookscarter8289no difference at all.

[@brianvowell553]

please vote REFORM PARTY HELP THIS UK TO GREATNESS AGAIN

[@OfficialAshArcher]

Respect to Keir, but also to Farage who took that with grace.

[@BlackSalamander439]

Nigel hasn’t been the same since the Amogus mercenaries captured Big Chungus in Twisted Towers

[@clairee4939]

Hasn’t he recently made comments about the Big Chungus islands 😉

[@snapfinger1]

Policy takes a back seat to being the wittiest in Brit politics. Nigel said Kier was “boring”. Priceless.

[@addysadrija9430]

👏👏👏

[@BartlomiejDmowski]

First time hearing Starmer speaking. He has a very funny voice What? I'm not British

[@BartlomiejDmowski]

@@spanishflea634 I hymbly apologuse

[@clairee4939]

Indeed. It’s the sort of voice someone does when they are done a bad impersonation of someone and I am British! 😅

[@___blocked]

I am British and I've never heard him either. I'm very pro-labour but he sounds right outta monty python haha

[@BartlomiejDmowski]

@@___blocked well spotted. Like a comical character

[@Peter-d9p]

While Fartage spends zero time in Clacton!😂 What a muppet!😂

[@BAR-id4yz]

Except he literally does. Do you have the same outrage of Labour MPs like Rayner, Reeves, Lammy, Starmer not being in their consistencies? Why not? Keep crying, he’s going to be our next PM.

[@dreamer2260]

Lol nice.

[@ashashroff1700]

Keir must go.

[@TheHiddenite]

2 weeks on kier still has the upper hand with that delivery.

[@Kaspa-gb3lp]

the atmosphere at the brits House is wild :D

[@stardust4987]

Not a labour fan but Starmers right on the mark with his jab.

[@JustaCastle]

Idiocracy really was a warning, thank you Mike Judd

[@zenster1097]

It is.

[@KaelCrawfordProd5554]

Is the British Parliament just a big club house or pub?

[@nailil5722]

yes, the actual policies are made and discussed in the City by bankers and all sorts of guilds

[@asumazilla]

​@nailil5722 There is a role in parliament called the rememberer, he speaks directly to the speaker who is controlling the proceedings.

[@haydricht6899]

I love how they make fun of each other and can laugh at themselves, totally different from the US!

[@zehnerevans7063]

At leadt Neigel knows how tk laugh at a joke!

[@readytotaxi]

Beautiful!

[@moomin3744]

Yet Starmer is one of the biggest air polluters in the world with the amount of trips abroad he makes.

[@Mbetman]

Brilliant response

[@oosidewalkoo]

Nigel Farage ? The one who promised us the moon by leaving the EU but actually made our lives far worse ?!? 😂😂😂😂😂

[@kidflersh7807]

I'm not anti-eu, but like, the main reason why he wanted to leave the EU was immigration and the conservative party failed to solve that problem after brexit. So he really never fully got what he wanted either. Brexit was done in about the worst way possible.

[@willumbermarchant5510]

​@kidflersh7807 leaving the EU wasn't going to solve any of the problems he said it was. We all knew it. You're basically saying that had Farage been right, he would have been right. But it's not his fault he was wrong.

[@kidflersh7807]

@willumbermarchant5510 its my personal position that we should've stayed in the EU but bargain into gaining more control over immigration.

[@willumbermarchant5510]

@kidflersh7807 agreed. frankly, the EU would have given us pretty much whatever we wanted like they do France. Farage never really cared about any of it. He was just looking to destabilise things so he could gain power. Boris, even more so, never believed a word he said.

[@Raju-rx7ed]

@@kidflersh7807 you already cherry picked only the best of the EU, and had special treatment. i swear all british people who voted for brexit are mentally demented, as anyone with more than 3 wrinkles in their gray matter could see that it would backfire.

[@Benjamin-su6fc]

Wow, Kier has had a firmware update to his humour module it would seem 😂

[@geoffmacey8728]

At least Nigel laughs at himself

[@lindacurrie8817]

Needs to reflect does Farage and laugh at himself often.

[@froggin-zp4nr]

Laughing all the way to the Bank of America

[@joshgoldbullion]

I hate Starmer with a passion but I'll give him this one he was actually funny here.

[@heydog-qo9de]

You hate his economic policy I assume?

[@mdoglegend]

starmer must go

[@deilur]

I love UK politics.

[@antmod1]

The Guardian clutching at straws

[@DJ10ROCS]

Great comeback from Starmer!

[@jojojojo4332]

remember, you are in this mess due to nigel

[@trevermcdonald2402]

It was the democratic choice of the people who wanted to leave the EU. I voted to remain but put democracy first and fully support their decision, unfortunately not everyone took the same stance and have doen their best to scupper Brexit from day one, so much for democracy.

[@jojojojo4332]

@@trevermcdonald2402 why make it sound like something thats non-refutable. its democratic to also say that was the wrong step.

[@emmettbrown1234]

Feels like being in a stadium for a premier league match

[@Iamgone1961]

No matter what 2tk says, I find it incredibly difficult to laugh with him.. At him yes 😂😂😂😂😂that I find very easy indeed

[@jocerboy6040]

Tbf I think they both had a laugh on that one Nigel is always going out of his way not for his constituents and party but to mend relations abroad despite what all the labour mps doing the exact same thing for kamila

[@ninefoldgoose429]

"It would be wise" is that a threat?

[@josephgrossenbacher7642]

wonderful , a parliament full of life !

[@asumazilla]

It's funny because Starmer travelled even more.

[@waynestockton8953]

Fresh coming from starmer who as hardly been in the country since July

[@lucone2937]

Britons have a great sense of humour even in politics.

[@-hiro-5995]

Message to Farage: mock Keir for spending so much time in Davos. thanks

[@zvelekva]

Yeah, but didn't stop him coming to kiss the ring shortly after;)

[@nobbynobbs8182]

Farage is such a waste of space

[@tommythetemplar]

So is starmer

[@imperialhonorguard1483]

yeah. he is against white britons

[@harveyshand9575]

IT HAS COME.

[@JamesWilliamStevenParker]

Fair play to Farage for laughing along.

[@GlynBeardsley]

Starmer is frightened of reform

[@petersanmiguel1468]

Policies, not personality.

[@martinwfarrell]

You are right at the truth there. I dreaded Boris Johnson's politics but i'd rather have a have a pint with him than with most other politicians. I think its true across the world that people often vote more for personality than they do for policy. That truth gives the media so much power because its they who present the personality in whatever way they want

[@ZeloraYT]

Same guy who sent labour members over to help kamala

[@timothylee2772]

Amazing...Nigel Farage witnessed Trump's election victory first-hand. He was at Mar-a-Lago attending the celebration party.

[@taraldomland8657]

Starmer is just better lol

[@philbamford6957]

Says starmer who flies out of the country everytime something awkward crops up.

[@MrCliverlong]

Great to see Jeremy Corbyn being in position to teach the Reform Party the words of the Red Flag. A man of such principles.

[@charliekane135]

Isn't he just back from Brazil?

[@snakey934Snakeybakey]

Starmer has spent too much time out of prison.

[@21Shells]

This is genuinely one of the best shut-downs i’ve ever seen in politics. Why should you ever vote for someone who would rather be in America right now…?

[@trevermcdonald2402]

He spent two days in America and did more for British American relations than Starmer or our Foreign Secretary David Lammy has or ever can do, and that’s a fact. Sour Grapes is it Big Chungus. envy is a terrible trait.

[@eatfastnoodle]

UK parliament looks/sounds so much fun, in US congress everyone is all preening like a peacock as if every word out of their own mouth is gonna save the universe.

[@JustinLHopkins]

I love the British.

[@clairee4939]

Thanks. ☺️ where are you from?

[@JustinLHopkins]

@ I’m from Wichita, Kansas, but spent many years in London. Taught me a lot about who I am and was an extraordinary experience.

[@nepatrul6075]

That’a funny coming from a goober who sent his own staffers to the U.S. on a practical vacation for a doomed campaign… 😂

[@slinkydonkey]

I just came here as I know all the Guardian readers aren't on X anymore lol

[@RenegadeShepTheSpacer]

Look at the gob on Carla Lockhart. Can I put a bet on her to make it over every hurdle this year?

[@tobias88-]

This short clip just says it all really one big joke!

[@wongjefx980]

Nigel…a toad in a suit…no insult to toads

[@JamesDeanMichael80]

These amphibian looking things do seem to stick together

[@trevermcdonald2402]

Starmer actually cracked a funny joke, I wonder who wrote it for him? Whoever it was, Nigel Farage found it funny and that’s the mark of the real man.

[@BeaClements]

Two Tier, never here, Keir. The globe trotter.

[@mithunnair8587]

Hahaha keir starmer got jokes😂

[@ArjunSingh-dd8pv]

It's quite funny to see Corbyn sitting behind Farage.

[@samuelpsmith424]

since when, was the house of lordes common?

[@skyarcher9692]

Farage is a silky, lubricated fox.

[@nospamfome]

Nigel Farrage reminds me of Beaker from the Muppets. Look it up.

[@JamesDeanMichael80]

I always thought he looks more like Homer simpson crossed with del boy

[@EldestBoy]

Thank goodness Starmer has 400+ MPs and Farage has 5. At least one country still wants a serious, decent leader.

[@2Draw]

It will be flipped the other way round in 2029

[@GDP-hm5ey]

Despite Starmer only getting about 2x the number of votes

[@21Shells]

⁠@@2Drawkeep dreaming. Either conservatives or labour will be leading next election, maybe Lib Dems if things get a little wacky.

[@LordLemming47]

Starmer? Decent????? I don't know where you are getting this from...

[@21Shells]

@@LordLemming47 believe it or not our country is *not* falling apart right now. We’re doing ok despite everything.

[@rrickarr]

And NIgel is just laughing away!

[@oldenglishsheepdogfun5960]

But starmer is never here either tbh he is always away

[@twentysecondcenturywoman]

Didn’t the Labour Party send 100 members to the U.S. to campaign for Kamala Harris?

[@jdools4744]

Their country is on fire and they’re laughing

[@WorldMover]

What fire

[@nagasako7]

As every year passes, American avg GDP per capita grows above UK. A massive nation of 330mil people.