Keir Starmer shares a laugh with Rishi Sunak in his last PMQs as opposition leader

[@Moments4life365]

"I'm proud to have been the first British Asian Prime Minister but I was even prouder that it was not that big a deal."

[@El--Grimaldi]

Yet it was a big enough event that they had to bend all the rules of the parliamentary system to install him temporarily as prime minister just to echo those soundbites at every opportunity. Winchester public school doesn't care about colour as long as your fees are paid on time and the British public accept anyone who sounds and behaves like them which is hardly a strength . About as representative of your average Asian as Keir Starmer is of the working man.

[@jonathanjones5633]

YEAH THEY DID A HELL OF A JOB

[@El--Grimaldi]

@@2dhoes03 except he’s ethnically Indian

[@danielzhang1916]

as it always should have been in the first place

[@robertmills3830]

It should never be about the race but about how much they better our lives while in office. He can be black, white, asian, hispanic, idc, just control spending, remove regulations, control immigration, promote assimilation, and let people be and do whatever they want until they dont infringe on rights of other.

[@purpledevilr7463]

Actually respect to the man. Never believed he was the best, but he did actually try and cared I think.

[@dhruvilkumpavat6037]

I feel that too

[@JoshuaJohnson7334g]

yeah he said he would bring inflation and he did a pretty good job

[@Bruhjamondezik]

​@@dhruvilkumpavat6037wtf

[@onkarkulkarni24]

Really like how the Comment Section now loves Rishi, but when he was PM, He was just a rich bloody Indian!

[@sandipanroy3106]

Yeah lol 😆

[@praveens8803]

Can’t agree more 😂

[@danielzhang1916]

now, he looks like the most sensible person in the world

[@1centimetre]

Remember Mrs Sunak's dress during the concession speech? Ultra expensive designer dress at a time where most Brits are doing it bad.

[@Aubrey2004-j4k]

@@1centimetrewho cares?

[@gambeeno817]

Nice to see them sharing banter and humour even if they disagree politically. In this increasing polarising world, being able to discuss with respect and humility humanises them. I don't agree with Rishi and Keir politically but this was nice to hear.

[@johncarney9049]

They sharing banter and humour as they both on the same page. To screw the public over.

[@El--Grimaldi]

@@johncarney9049 Exactly.

[@christianchan1144]

This is why we need younger politicians. Gen X upwards are too old

[@HEXiT_]

tbh if rishi sunak won the vote that gave boris the job.. we likely wouldnt be in the pickle were in. for all he was short time he actually tried to do the job of running the country for everyone. not just his party faithfull.. (HOW IT SHOULD BE)

[@leonharrison800]

@@HEXiT_ Does Britain matter?? Not at all. Neither do Israel and America. 🇵🇸🇱🇧🤮🤮

[@a.price587]

yeah don’t get me wrong i’m no sunak supporter but i didn’t think he was that bad or at least compared to this labour government

[@grippingrope9937]

As a PM he was just entirely unmemorable, in all likelihood he'll be almost entirely forgotten in 30-40 years. However compared to the two Prime Ministers before him maybe being unmemorable is for the best. I've enjoyed him as LOTO though, especially after seeing the nonsense from Badenoch in PMQ's yesterday, and it's been nice to see a more humourous relatable side of him after he was such a dull PM. If he had been anywhere near as fun as PM then he might have actually stood a chance in the election I find it odd that you mention him winning the leadership race that Boris won though? Pretty much nobody knew who Sunak was in 2019, he only became Chancellor in a very surprise appointment at the start of 2020 and had a very sudden rise to the top

[@HEXiT_]

@@grippingrope9937 fair. tbh i thought he had been around in cabinet a bit longer. cheers for the polite heads up.

[@stephenfulcher6923]

Sunak never stood a chance with the mess Truss made and the time in the political cycle where the Tories were doomed anyway and a substantial number of his party were leaning further right frightened of Reform. Had Sunak took over from Boris, who in turn had a bit less scandal in his last months in the job then history would remember him differently.

[@ryanthyag2723]

He was still better than most of the Prime Ministers

[@Toodyslexicforyou]

Yes those unfunded tax cuts were really good move 😂

[@guyhefford]

​@@Toodyslexicforyou that was Truss wasn't it?

[@Toodyslexicforyou]

@@guyhefford they both did it. Truss was worth as she and her friends suddenly over night before her mini budget invested massively in the stock market to benefit of a crash. Guess what they crashed it!

[@ByzantineCapitalManagement]

No wha😂

[@RigzinLhamo-tk2yc]

True

[@brianlauria]

Sunak lost because people had just been fed up of the Tories. Could have had the best campaign ever and still wouldn't stand a chance

[@sirkaiqueferreira3761]

I couldn't agree more

[@yellyman5483]

14 years in power is way too long.

[@BigBoiiLeem]

Very true. So, it really didn't help that he ran a pretty poor and dispirited campaign

[@chaosomega623]

Tories are fascist elitists, no better than the fascist capitalists of Republican America, though not as idiotic

[@ryanoneill1636]

This was actually refreshing to see

[@arminkim1989]

Honestly, seeing two politicians with completely different perspectives, exchanging banter is great. One thing that we sometimes need to remember is that despite our differences, humanity must continue with conversation and not useless fights

[@praveennukathatti2555]

Sorry to see rishi sunak go , he was a brilliant prime minister. ❤

[@MashreqMetaVerse]

lol

[@Manoj-vp5in]

Indians are very good at andhbhakti.

[@MoyeenulBhatt]

Indian says😂😂

[@HateInc-t9u]

Puck e stanis commenting

[@hi1gr196]

say waaaaa

[@RGDRaiseYT]

This was brilliant - really demonstrates what democracy looks like. It's proffesional and both parties respect each other, other like some countries.

[@ravibmsit]

Rishi Sunak is a profoundly good man and a very competent politician( rare these days ). However, he was PM at the wrong time for Conservatives. Had he become PM after David Cameron, he would have got ample time to leave a lasting legacy. Who knows, after some time as a back bencher, he might make a comeback again !!. He has a long political career ahead of him.

[@yellyman5483]

The Tory party left the country in huge problems. Look at the child poverty issues you have in the UK. You`re becoming a third world country. New Labour is just as bad as the Tory party. You need to protect the welfare state, and make sure the NHS takes care of everybody in need.

[@gracemwende8054]

Ooh my God thank you my people ❤❤

[@kingrobert7246]

this felt really genuine...

[@SC-xy9qt]

He was better than other

[@arijitray6868]

Brilliant! A true way of constructiveness.

[@monsieurtano3647]

It’s nice to see two opponents in politics still have some respect towards each other, not the same in the us or in my country, France

[@shuhongbiswas]

Welcome to yorkshire rishi.

[@JaswinderKaur-kt2nz]

Sorry to see Rishi Sunak go, he was a brilliant Prime Minister.

[@leonharrison800]

@@JaswinderKaur-kt2nz 😆😆😆

[@Astridreynold]

Only for the Indians lol

[@leonharrison800]

@Astridreynold India finished as well. Modi is done. 🤮💩🔥

[@simracer1256]

Are you on glue?

[@audreydowning1245]

Agree he was one of the best prime minister going miss him

[@JaewonMoon-yy1cy]

​​I don't like Labour's untrusted answer and they always avoided Mr. Sunak's question not just election campaign in June but in house of commons.

[@yellyman5483]

You have a lot of hard issues to solve in the UK. You have child poverty, homelessness, and rising crime rates. The Tory party were never able to solve those issues, in fact they made the poor people more poor. I don`t think Keir Starmer is going to solve the problem either. You need a real progressive left leaning party in the UK, and not two conservative parties. New Labour is the same as Tory light.

[@hishamalaker491]

How come you can never see something similar in America? Thats right because in Europe, parties even opposing ones tend to collaborate and not act like its a good vs evil battle in the final series of a starwars movie.

[@defaultusername1145]

Well there was that time in trumps state of the union with trump and the democrats in congress

[@connorthompson66]

Senate Republican leader Mitchell McConnell once helped rename a cancer research bill after Democrat Joe Biden's late son, Beau Biden, who died of cancer. Stuff similar to this still does happen.

[@danielzhang1916]

Trump wouldn't have the decency to say that to Biden or Obama

[@Ajb.bgr_]

To be fair that's just britain and a couple other countries. In italy sadly the situation is just like the us one. British democracy is at worst 50 years ahead of everyone else.

[@Solon_2]

Germany and the UK are not the standard for Europe though. In most places it is like in the US or worse

[@Killerqueen69420]

Kemi Badenoch makes Rishi Sunak look like a genius

[@mercedesbenz3751]

Wished India's opposition was like this😥😥

[@Appe_m]

Wished Indian govt is accountable, transparent like them.

[@Hemalkukurkure]

Wish its ruling partu was half as civilized as this too

[@sapnamukherjee6716]

​@@HemalkukurkureI believe it is more civilized than the opposition. What the opposition is rn is.... abnormal to say the least. Kolkata case is the biggest example of its abnormalities

[@Hemalkukurkure]

@sapnamukherjee6716 only the ruling party would be shameless enough to condemn the opposition in failing to attain female security while simultaneously releasing a convicted rapist(ram rahim singh) insaan that very day

[@RAY90097]

​@@sapnamukherjee6716most of bjp MP are criminal and I am not denying that opposition doesn't have mp who are criminals but my point is both of them are same

[@x0Kamix0x]

Just because you don't agree on everything does not mean that you can't respect the opposition. What a great demonstration of a healthy democracy.

[@StocksReview-India]

Rishi did better than anyone could.. took over when no one was ready.. brought down inflation.. was tough on immigration.. Actually brought down immigration as per 2024 september data.. i still believe Rwanda plan could have stopped channel crossings..

[@vineet_1017]

Rishi, we want to see you again as Prime Minister, you're perfect

[@GlasgowCelticFootballClub]

Jesus Christ.

[@Aubrey2004-j4k]

@@GlasgowCelticFootballClub😂😂😂😂

[@dyyuri]

Not even close lil bro

[@DGoldy303]

Only Indians want him as PM. The native anglo saxon rejected him. 😂

[@raveninnsbruck9166]

​@@DGoldy303 🤡

[@Vikramshah86]

looking at how toxic the american politics is at the moment, it's great to see 2 leaders having a laugh together and not being hostile to each other.

[@Neuromancer2310]

Now look at the economic

[@IPendragonI]

There's literally a picture of Biden and Trump laughing it up at the White House today...

[@saikatroy6225]

British etiquettes 🙌

[@audreydowning1245]

So sad to see rishi go one of the best prime minister that we ever had especially what he did for the country goodbye rishi he be back

[@bryanhiebert1941]

he's a bloody Indian for gods sake

[@ziepex7009]

@@bryanhiebert1941 they wont understand mate theres no point telling them

[@dhruvakumar7187]

@@bryanhiebert1941 and that is the reason he lost, what is your point

[@zb336]

@@bryanhiebert1941 true. and you so butthurt by that...i get it.

[@Idontknowthing001]

@@bryanhiebert1941 Racist spotted.

[@inderjeetsidhu2701]

This is what I call civilised government..UK should be proud to institute a civilised parliamentarian system that works

[@christopherzhou5361]

Parliament is not government, though. It is just parliament.

[@maxx710]

I thought at the end they would kiss each other

[@RaviranjanGupta-h2s]

Beautiful democracy

[@Noobmaster69_bro]

Idk. But Rishi got work ethics. Somehow he pulled UK out of a big mess & left decently ✌️

[@BerserkSurvival]

I swear Rishi Sunak just started waffling about something then somehow turned it into a realistic topic to talk about each time.

[@tokit666]

The cherry on the cake of British parliamentary democracy

As a Spaniard living in the U.S., aim quite jealous of this exchange and congratulate the Brits; it would not be possible today neither in the country I’m from nor the one in which I live.

[@behrouzfarahani9637]

Long live The UK 🇬🇧 ❤

[@EthHack_Cop]

Wished India's opposition was like this

[@Appe_m]

Wished Indian govt is accountable, transparent like them.

[@CowPox-zt9uv]

Wished India’s ruling party were also like this

[@Valerii-kq4en]

I love Great Britain 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🤝🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦💪💪💪

[@kirandeepchakraborty7921]

A rare sight in modern times

[@rajeenasaji5946]

Rishi is great 👍

[@inamoto84]

As many countries have inherited the Westminster parliamentary system, it is always a pleasure to see a UK parliament that can find common ground for its people's benefits without the tribalism and polarization, although it might be rare.

[@jacobean_connie]

See everyone. This is exactly how a political debate should work. No primary school level name-calling, no accusations that turn out to be nothing more than a confession. And certainly no storming of a government building. Instead, just focusing on the issues that actually f***ing matter. Strange respect here. Even if only with regards to this.

[@Priya140889]

Rushi Sunak will have Kier Stamer on his side and he can play a role in this team if he wants.

[@pokhoshamulailatpam5552]

Ma'am, this is not wattapad.

[@deookure6814]

Americans should see this video

[@randomperson6988]

I would give a lot for US politics to look more like this

[@EliyasKhan-q9y]

Eli❤🤝👍yas

[@renegadeoffunk32]

As a dual US-UK national who grew up in the UK, but now lives in the US, I miss this pantomime and happy rhetoric. No such optimism exists in the US and God help us all what it's going to look like in the next 4 years.

[@zenokada2278]

We will grow to miss having respectful and professional leaders who focus on the important issues not needless culture wars that only serve to divide us If we aren’t careful we will lose it

[@GlasgowCelticFootballClub]

Who is we and where have you been for the past 14 years?

[@zenokada2278]

@ the tories were godawful but we are yet to have our trump It will come soon and unless labour sort out the economy we too will sadly shift to the far right

[@ArchitCSE]

"... kindness, decency and tolerance that has always been the British way" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Lol

[@TZwill]

UK has one of the best politic schemes in the world, the best atmosphere to discuss common wealth and will never be too extreme in both directions. The last point is very important as it keeps UK's prosperity as long as the history of human beings.

[@methodsystem4251]

Yeah..😄

[@gamerlovesdogs17]

If only the United States was like this with politics

[@Noah-hb2mu]

This makes me so happy that I’m not an American

[@sanjaysanj6688]

They thrown flying kisses towards eachother 🤩

[@salmoneysca]

All this time we've been pretending Trump and Biden have chemistry but come on, who knew the real ship was across the pond 😉

[@cradbycruizer7434]

Why there is many peoples standing and sit tight together😅....give. Some chairs

[@LouiseOrrock]

Starmer mentions Sunak at a Diwali event. They are waiting for me to say I thought I saw Starmer getting out of a car outside my flat in spring or summer this year, before July 4th, same day there was some event on Roe Green. May have been wrong as Im aware that with enough coffee or other addiditives I can make that sort of mistake. But what would the problem be anyway? Its a free country.

[@sircosm]

Going by the comments here the people of England seem more hypocritical than even their politicians 😂

[@williamperry7143]

So nice to actually see these 2 not at each others throats…

[@ian2182]

Wish Malaysia had this fun friendly banter, but too bad Anwar Ibrahim is alone no opposition leader is eloquent enough to have a coherent verbal spar with him

[@Marcustzb]

Insert Bung Moktar cussing over Casino

[@cald1421]

Labour loves a conservative they can beat. Not so lovey dovey when they’re stuck in opposition against a competent leader

[@IshtiaqMayo-u4f]

Achcha bartania ki politician jitne bhi ho naraj Nahin hona mera waqt aap logon ke liye bahut kam hota hai per aap logon ke sath bahut kam kar raha hai aap apni mehnat jari rakha Karen jaisi Mera main aapke sath kam karunga pure bahar se karunga

[@Alice-7777]

🥺😢😭

[@drrkwolf]

😮

[@richardnielsen2929]

2.300 3.400

[@JOzzie-u8z]

See same people

[@charliestewart885]

big club

[@Ollie-ex5kd]

😂

[@titularhero]

Every american should be shown this as the minimum standard for class betweeen politicians

[@peterowen9183]

It's just one of those situations where neither has anything to gain or lose, so they can afford to banter and make jokes about relatively unimportant issues (coastal walks, cricket, Diwali). I would imagine this session was largely scripted/rehearsed between Starmer and Sunak, with the aim that each of them comes over as a nice, humorous bloke. And that's fine.

[@HK-fb8bo]

Le mut diya Narayana Murthy pr 😂

[@HimanshuBindal-k2w]

If a documentary comes out, where only facts of what he inherited and what he acheived are brought he would be considered as the best PM

[@JaswinderKaur-kt2nz]

Don’t worry PM Starmer, soon nation will be saying good buy to him too.

[@qilimercurial5116]

He’s no longer an MP?

[@MontyCantsin5]

The Tories just elected a new leader. Sunak will now be a backbench MP for the next five years.

[@qilimercurial5116]

@ oh

[@arnabbiswas3973]

Adm und du i take ur resource b aware 6er🌵🇨🇦🌵🥜🥜🥜🤘

[@admiralthrawn717]

Off to the backbenches!!

[@1centimetre]

Still a better leader than Modi

[@wicked1still]

Everyone is literally just sheep. Hating PMs and then when they're gone talk about how good they are.. no, we need God.

[@PelikeMaia]

Did they have previously drafted script? It looks like they did. They look like reading their lines to each other here...to me, a non Brit 😅

[@focus_fractured]

They're literally on the same team.

[@samfri3nd]

Just because they don't hate each other?

[@richardnielsen2929]

THEY COING NEXT DOOR

[@kenbaughan8390]

It shows me that the whole lot of them are theatrics in parliament, to them all this bullshit pmqs is a big joke to all of them, willmthe honourable blah blah blah.

[@reecekyle6332]

Remember politics is there job outside of it I’m sure they don’t hate each other

[@rosealshimse]

How many cases you have100000

[@abdulkaium7781]

Today. 18/11/2024 Onarabol oll U.K 401 U.K say. Lage tas Lage tas Trum +24 Onarabol oll parlamant mambar. Lage tas Lage tas Trum +24

[@AzurHadzi-v6t]

Can I hear ooo Azur!UK Parlament:ooo God.

[@harrywolfe923]

All Starmer can say is ‘this is a very important point…’

[@awaisqamar1996]

This parliament is very messy that I have ever seen.

[@christianchan1144]

Bye Sunak, now kick starmer out. Younger PMs, step up!

[@abdulkaium7781]

Onarabol oll bitis parlamt mamber. Water boy varry afcat. Hoy can Canada N.D.P ierland bicktoria dage blam. Water boy nathing . Hoy can N.D.P ierland bicktoria dag blam. N.D.P paty band or cols or faind Lage tas Lage tas Trodun+25 Water boy 2021

[@arnabbiswas3973]

Chal north opium west pharma value bata via ias auch wir expelled ad🌵🇨🇦🌵😑

[@richardnielsen2929]

I WANT CCTV ROOM DOWN STES UP STES

[@awalopes1720]

Rishi Sunak and Kemi Badenoch are the future after Brexit. The need of friends in India and Africa. Who will be selling food and raw materials to the UK. And hopefully buy more goods from the UK, on the EU market has become more expensive. They mean Indians and Africans are good trade partners. The message in some African countries is that UK needs workers. And many will be happy to move to the UK because it means a pay rise.

[@IshtiaqMayo-u4f]

Aur sunaeye kya aapke bade faisle karte bartania ke faisle aapke hath mein hote kadam kadam per jaise sabke Sath chalta hun vaise aapke sath chalta sabse pahle Jung bandi hoti Israel aur Palestine ki aapane yah kam karvana hai agar wazir Azam hai prime minister hai yah kam karvaya Karen itna Nahin pahle dena itna pahle walon ko khatm karne

[@Neuromancer2310]

Gay

[@picklearts2678]

*bi/pan

[@rafifzayer7109]

Majority of indian origin people are commenting the positive stuffs.

[@ronraji]

Majority of muslim commenting negative stuff

[@Neuromancer2310]

Both muslim and hindu should leave

[@Utsav_Viradiya]

​@@Neuromancer2310 So should Christians and all the other religious people. Leave the UK alone, you fanatical zealots!

[@mangomerkel2005]

​@@Neuromancer2310 Aha, brutally colonising their countries for years, but not wanting to deal with the consequences? Typically British.

[@sandhyaashwin880]

SANDHYA IS WITH KAMALA 🎉

[@devilxboii]

Trump 2024

[@LaPlaya-rw1cp]

Don't forget to say Black Kama'la

[@arnabbiswas3973]

Chit yeah cud u drop de kabuli straws von uk raine zu finland vis inject armee plan schon 4k called a 6er only u can bc🌵🇨🇦🌵🥜🥜🥜😊 us tischlee

[@waqas86]

While people are dying from poverty and diseases, they are having banters and giggles on taxpayers money. Bravo.

[@கோபிசுதாகர்]

What do you expect them to do

[@KamalHasanSekh]

Can you imagine, whether their laughings are peeing on the sufferings of Palestinians or not?

[@emosharma]

How’s it related to Palestine. How’s Egypt and Jordan not supporting Palestine. How Jordanian king kill thousands of Palestine on Black Friday. Why Pakistan help them. Why don’t you complaint to these Muslim country. Why do you come to Britain and broke the peace

[@amitpadgaonkar8830]

What has this to do with Palestine? Just bringing unnecessary things. Palestinians have brought misery upon themselves by killing babies and raping women