Starmer condemns Sunak comment on trans people as Brianna Ghey's mother watches in gallery

The Labour leader, Keir Starmer, condemned Rishi Sunak for a remark about his stance on trans people during a session in which Esther Ghey attended to watch in the gallery.
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'Of all the weeks to say that, when Brianna's mother is in this chamber. Shame.' He added: 'Parading as a man of integrity when he's got absolutely no responsibility'.
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#RishiSunak #KeirStarmer #BriannaGhey

[@TheOperajet]

The best is when politicians in power accuse politicians not in power of not accomplishing their promises. Shameful.

[@pwrofmusic]

😂😂 The definition of politics is for the opposition to ask the question so the govt is in check. But when you have an Indian non elected PM it's different. He blames the opposite for problems that he created or he has to solve. 😂😂 Well done India on getting back with Britain and well done to the people that got him there.

[@DaveNeve]

Yes, except that yesterday, Starmer went back on his Green Investment Pledge so he goes back on his own promise without being in power. He would be no better than Sunak if he became prime minister.

[@nick260682]

@@DaveNeve If the money isn’t there, it would be irresponsible for him to continue with that pledge. Don’t you want a prime minister who lives in reality?

[@wobblybobengland]

they are all useless

[@LetsgetloudUK]

Imagine saying that some politicians are in power and some aren't. Get real.

[@zenster1097]

NEVER apologize.

[@craphat1873]

Look at that thing on His left. Smirking assasin raking in thousands of backhanders.

[@dragonfly6908]

Exactly, apparently she is an expert on finance, lol.

[@rudedog1974]

After 14 years I honestly didn't think I could be shocked by anything this vile shameless government do and say.....And then Sunak came out with this....Wow, just wow!

[@dragonfly6908]

Well Saint IKEA Starmer has been asked what he thinks a woman is so Sunak jogged his memory and for no reason Saint IKEA linked it to Brianna.

[@tonyboss5026]

I am a Labour voter but Starmer was wrong in this stance, he brought in the name of a dead victim. Sunak did nothing wrong.

[@remy4379]

@@tonyboss5026 He made a transphobic comment right in front of the mother whose trans daughter got brutally murdered, partly because she was transgender. If you can't see how abjectly callous that is, you may want to reevaluate your moral compass.

[@tonyboss5026]

@remy4379 Thank you for your comment. Please state exactly what Sunak said in this video that is an insult to the late victim's family. My moral compass navigates fine and helps me steer out of the way of malarkey, in these foggy times of cultural appropriation and hypocrisy.

[@James_II]

I see they're still highly determined on working out the countries big problems ! ... Utter pantomime puppets !

[@thomasdolan2244]

Unforgivable.

[@stephencollins9062]

What is? What is a woman?

[@donttouchyerbumnsniffit]

❄️❄️❄️

[@jjefferyworboys8138]

Truthful and well said.

[@beaterbikechannel2538]

Building a transgina out of tissue "liberated" from scrap arses? I've built lots of projects out of parts that shouldn't work together but that thing they build down there doesn't make a woman, I've seen the aftermath of engine failures I'd rather enter myself into, steaming oily shards and all.

[@CdEmm50]

​@@beaterbikechannel2538😂😂 You are speaking such truth.👍

[@happyguilmore4253]

Kier doesn’t know what a woman is. Prime minister is right

[@x-vh2ke]

Neither do you.

[@Jabberstax]

​@@x-vh2keGreat comeback 😂🤡

[@x-vh2ke]

@@Jabberstax Your use of emojis is childish.

[@happyguilmore4253]

@@Jabberstax how’s that a great comeback? I’ve answered the question. Now you answer it👍

[@LuzDoSol-yr5bv]

It's extraordinary for a party that has been in power ( service) for so long, blaming someone else for their policies. And the Trans shade was very low indeed.

[@happyguilmore4253]

Why was the trans comment low? He was speaking the truth. The next prime minister doesn’t even know what a woman is🤔. Madness

[@LuzDoSol-yr5bv]

@happyguilmore4253 Excuse me! Get back to that video again, where Stamer said the parents of the victim were in the chamber, very unfortunate. It's not what has been said. It's the timing remarks on a graving parents.

[@LuzDoSol-yr5bv]

@happyguilmore4253 And why are you entertaining the question, what a woman is? We already know is madness.

[@Bungle-UK]

@@LuzDoSol-yr5bvThe parents are milking their sons death for all its worth….what were that even there for?

[@llose2749]

​@@Bungle-UKthats true

[@AntonSmyth-od6rc]

As a serving soldier in Iraq. I treated enemies with more compassion. What's his excuse? This is beneath us. It has to stop.

[@liamb8644]

Remember which party dragged you to that dump

[@davidfoster2006]

If Starmer knew the difference between a man and a women there would be no problem here.

[@matrixdzab7416]

British politics has never witnessed such a mediocrity of leadership, two spineless leaders who stand for nothing worth mentioning.

[@Xeeni87]

Well said the worse bit they both are not just insure they seem very confused as to what to stand for.

[@HighCarbDiabeticV]

I like Sunak even more

[@cleroyster2610]

Your time is coming Guardian. Tick tock.

[@troubledtimes3941]

Don't threaten the world with being a better place, you tease.

[@williamwilson8582]

So has this basket case of an excuse of a government. And rightly so. The newspaper that you mention will be around much longer than this shameless bunch of chancers. Tick Tock.

[@Jabberstax]

They're already begging people for donations 😂

[@dragonfly6908]

@@Jabberstax I have 10p but I think it is too much.

[@darwinsfish]

Pathetic by Starmer.

[@haveyaseenmiwhippet9069]

Cant stand Starmer hes should be on the stage what a drama queen.

[@dragonfly6908]

True, he should be in Eastenders.

[@gregorymalchuk272]

Starmer can't seem to define "ethnic cleansing" either.

[@stevenmcgowan3205]

Usual labour gutter politics

[@dragonfly6908]

Yes, in the sewer.

[@stephen7187]

Brianna Ghey's mum wasn't there when Sunak spoke.

[@dragonfly6908]

Let's hope this comment by Saint IKEA Starmer backfires, I am sick of him.

[@shabbylang5215]

It's a shame his mother let him think he was a girl

[@x-vh2ke]

*She

[@llose2749]

​@@x-vh2kewhat are you gaining for keep saying she its a fact hes a biological male born with male parts so how is he a she ?

[@w92viking64]

He

[@wobblybobengland]

What? Who? Sunak or Starmer?

[@CriticalTheoryIsNonsense]

Sunak didn't comment on trans people, he commented on Labour's inability to define what a woman is. A valid observation, Starmer's reaction was one of diversion. This is nothing.

[@LetsgetloudUK]

Emotional blackmail. The man is a knight for goodness sake.

[@CriticalTheoryIsNonsense]

@@LetsgetloudUK It's pure opportunism and manipulation. Very in keeping with contemporary political standards. Of all the things to have a go at Sunak for, Starmer and Co choose this... 🤦

[@Jabberstax]

You're not allowed to point out biological facts in today's society.

[@TruthTortoise81]

Don't be simple. The tories bash trans people every chance they get.

[@dragonfly6908]

I wouldn't like to came across Saint IKEA Starmer while walking on a dark night, he gives me the creeps.

[@LetsgetloudUK]

When it comes to sexes there are two. Nobody can make up God's will or undo gods work. GROW UP.

[@rockfituk753]

The irony of telling someone to grow up when you're talking about your imaginary friend.

[@simonhill1590]

​@@rockfituk753more friends than you've probably got

[@PedroPorridge]

I can say I’m a cat I can eat cat food meooow all day but facts remain facts that I’m not a cat !!!

[@rockfituk753]

@@simonhill1590 I wasn't talking to you but if you knew me then you'd know how hilarious your comment is. Really gave me a chuckle, so thank you :)

[@simonhill1590]

@rockfituk753 You're welcome mate 👍

[@PedroPorridge]

Well said Mr Sunak. This is why no one votes for labour

[@GenesisRip]

Something tells me you'll be let down next election lol

[@wobblybobengland]

@@GenesisRip the indigenous have twigged what the red WEF party is, Hezbolla Corbyn or not, they're not going to get many votes.

[@bettyswunghole3310]

Where's the controversy? Starmer *_IS_* unable to correctly define a what a woman is...

[@Xeeni87]

Also starmer is using her to get back at Rishi ... he is much worse imo. Rishi prob didn't know she was there or something while starmer knew she was there then pointed her out and used her as a political football.

[@Crysania1891]

​@@Xeeni87he did know she was there because he was told beforehand

[@Xeeni87]

@@Crysania1891 how do u know this?

[@etiennedelaunois1737]

​@Xeeni87 because there is a daily register at the parliament and every member of yhe parliament, pr at least member of their cabinet, check that register to see how they will prepare themselves for debates. Parliament is not like a hallway of a public train station mate. You don't show up like that. Now if Sunak wasn't aware, then that's a huge proof of incompetence.

[@Xeeni87]

@@etiennedelaunois1737 So your evidence he knew is a book he may or may not have read .. I'm guessing not due to u know being the PM and being busy running the country...

[@NH-kd7gb]

Never mind what Sunak said, the problem is with society saying any man that dresses like a woman and says he is a woman is therefore a woman, and therefore society fails to define what a woman is; society and Starmer have gone loopy.

[@dragonfly6908]

Saint IKEA Starmer needs to lie down in a darkened room for a while, he has lost the plot.

[@PedroPorridge]

I can say I’m a cat eat cat-food meow all day but facts remain facts that I’m not a cat !!!

[@michaeljust1193]

Mountain molehill

[@oldskool5044]

It's that bad we see the individuals either side of Starmer grinning!?

[@dragonfly6908]

Yes, will someone remind me who they are.

[@bettyswunghole3310]

No. It's bad that we see the individual either side of Starmer *_existing..._*

[@remy4379]

@@dragonfly6908 Rachel Reeves (Shadow Chancellor) to his left and Angela Rayner to his right (don't remember what her position is in the shadow cabinet. But dude, seriously, I'm French, don't leave in the UK and even I know that.

[@PETERGRIFFIN21380]

Sunak posed the question that starmer struggles to know what a woman is. Starmer MONTHS ago struggled to say what a woman was. What’s the problem ? Sunak never said anything out of turn. He was stating a straight forward point. End of

[@thl205]

Sunak and Starmer’s positions are the same. Transpeople are legally recognised by Sunak’s government, and have been for many years. So what we have here is simply empty culture war rhetoric to whip up support from the ignorant and hateful.

[@Bungle-UK]

@@thl205the murdered kid was a boy….nobody seems able to admit it.

[@thl205]

@@Bungle-UK You seem to, maybe you’re brave. Or just desperately divorced and terminally online 🤨

[@thetransagender2866]

@@Bungle-UK Your mum admits it, whilst Sunak is tea bagging her

[@cacampbell1989]

​@@Bungle-UK Brianna was a girl

[@sheilapearson9251]

Both as bad as each other. Both need to go. 🤬

[@Mantastic-ho3vm]

Nope.

[@TheQ-Continuum]

What was the big deal here ? Keir Starmer has been unable to clearly define what a woman is ....FACT, nothing doing here. Move along !

[@SilverbackMatt]

I just wish these fools would stop this showing off for the cameras and help the people of our once great country, worse than children!

[@dragonfly6908]

Sunak was telling Saint IKEA Starmer some uncomfortable home truths and that is why IKEA reacted like he did.

[@Bungle-UK]

Getting sick of the mother milking her sons death for attention….is she after an honour.

[@Mantastic-ho3vm]

Shuddap.

[@Jabberstax]

True.

[@llose2749]

Cry more

[@livelife5947]

Yep, the parents 👀. No wonder that boy was confused & depressed.

[@brettharter143]

Yes similar to Lord Lawrence thats exactly where this is going.

[@foozeball]

Wow shocking but not shocked he has no morality

[@Bungle-UK]

How is the truth shocking?

[@laurielv]

@@Bungle-UKwhat truth?

[@jjefferyworboys8138]

Starmer will try and jump on any bandwagon if he thinks it will win him votes.

[@agt155]

...yep can't even define what a woman is.

[@donbrogan3158]

I didn't even know that kid was male....

[@x-vh2ke]

She wasn't.

[@Ashleybaby818]

How can you not tell 😂

[@zenster1097]

@@x-vh2ke Yes he was.

[@x-vh2ke]

@@zenster1097 prove it then

[@Professor_Genki7]

Its a dude.

[@Muffinpurplegurk]

The mother already failed her son enabling his mental delusions

[@stephencollins9062]

The mother was the cause Munchausen by proxy. All the parents are the same They love the attention.

[@donttouchyerbumnsniffit]

Absolutely! 👍🏾

[@freebritney4830]

Great comment.

[@x-vh2ke]

*Daughter

[@Ashleybaby818]

Yeah the poor guy had so many issues, anorexia, trans and a self harm fetish. His whole twitter account is just sick and I can’t believe how badly the mother failed.

[@user-zz4wu8gg5p]

Great joke.😂 Sunak won this one.

[@HubbaHubba64]

Sunak was stating FACTS about Starmer but at the wrong time

[@hairblairbunch81]

Thats low of Keir. People demanding apologies all the time. Get a grip. Sunak is right on what he's saying

[@GenesisRip]

So are we just telling lies now? Sunak's response was "he talks of x, but actually y!" and "define a woman". He said nothing of substance.

[@bettyswunghole3310]

If you ever needed prime example of "confected outrage" just watch this clip. Starmer should be ashamed, not Sunak... *_he's_* the one who's made the highly patronising and completely arbitrary comparison between "failure to define a woman" and "Brianna Ghey's mother being in the gallery"...I bet Brianna's mother hadn't even made the connection until Starmer displayed as much tact as a bull in a china shop.

[@ajarch4233]

Spot on

[@carolewynn9407]

Says Starmer, the man who still can't say what a woman is.😂

[@Mantastic-ho3vm]

Explain.

[@dragonfly6908]

@@Mantastic-ho3vm There is some film footage somewhere of Saint IKEA Starmer getting in a kerfuffle trying to come up with what he thinks a woman is.

[@Mantastic-ho3vm]

@@dragonfly6908 Nope. Try again.

[@CdEmm50]

​@@dragonfly6908He is famous for not knowing what a woman is.

[@Greenpoloboy3]

Longest clip of PMQ's I've watched

[@tonyboss5026]

I am for Labour as always, for 2 decades now! But, Starmer that was a cheap shot, twisting what Sunak meant. In my view, Starmer did what Trump would do, dramatise on a topic that clearly would cause a divide.

[@twatinahatsmith7428]

Do men wearing skirts saying they are women get excused from conscription. Can see a sudden increase if so.

[@stephencollins9062]

Nope it's equality time.

[@dragonfly6908]

Lol.

[@asmith9140]

and hunt got sent out to smoothe things down but couldn't even get her name right some party!

[@mattsoreng3066]

What did he say, I can’t make it out?

[@songscoops4205]

Starmer is pathetic..

[@domispablo7992]

Can someone help me understand what the joke is. Like whats it saying cos im afraid i dont get it. Im not saying what he said was bad but i just dont get the joke.

[@dragonfly6908]

Very few people get Starmer.

[@paulc1553]

Sickening Sunak.

[@dragonfly6908]

Saint IKEA Starmer always makes me nauseous.

[@jjefferyworboys8138]

Top man Sunak.

[@SuperKiao]

Hahahaha

[@raymondturner3952]

Brianna wasnt a woman. Whats the issue ?

[@Max-kw2hp]

Is this some comedy show?

[@richardanson2445]

Both as bad as each other. Don’t believe Starmer - he’s distanced himself from trans issues, now the cause is becoming more politically unpopular. It’s just Sunak’s misjudgment in timing he’s taking advantage of.

[@za.307]

Well pointed out. Kiers never the one to miss out on the optics. Behind the rhetoric is a lack of principles.

[@Mantastic-ho3vm]

He's never distanced from the trans issue at all. You obviously have an issue with trans people.

[@ZondaFRoadster]

The irony of Sunak jibing over the definition of a woman, when he doesn't know how to be a man 😂

[@billwellington4339]

Starmer is an absolute nightmare....to put the mother in the chamber is a new low...even for this snake.

[@richycairns2735]

What is the problem

[@ukvalues7669]

And all starmer had to say what aboute the other 29 falings?don't vote labour

[@Mantastic-ho3vm]

What other 29 failings? Please tell.

[@dragonfly6908]

Saint IKEA Starmer and his "U" turns, lol.

[@ukvalues7669]

@@dragonfly6908 don't vote labour mate

[@dragonfly6908]

@@ukvalues7669 I will never vote Labour.

[@Mantastic-ho3vm]

@@dragonfly6908 Explain.

[@stevewa4552]

The whole Tory party should be ashamed!!!

[@Sladey1601]

I mean he wasn't wrong even if it was a bit tactless. A woman isn't a male who parades themselves as a female.

[@freebritney4830]

Why was the mother of the murdered trans in parliament?

[@Bungle-UK]

She wants attention and probably after an honour like Doreen Lawrence.

[@jjefferyworboys8138]

Starmer probably invited her.

[@tentringer4065]

​@@jjefferyworboys8138it's very easy to check the reason why she was there.

[@Jabberstax]

Because we, as a nation, love to heap praise and attention onto victims.

[@dragonfly6908]

On GB news tonight apparently Brianna's mother was not there at the time that Saint IKEA Starmer made this comment to Rishi Sunak. Saint IKEA Starmer is going to need a bigger spade.

[@1SeanPG]

'He's behind you!' One big Pantomime.

[@B-uk8eo]

Using the mother of a murdered school girl for political point scoring..shame

[@Mantastic-ho3vm]

Yes it was very shameful on Sunak's part. Glad you agree.

[@Aussie038]

So if you have no policy argument you go down this path.

[@cjhards]

All in it together. Scam on both sides 🐽

[@Mantastic-ho3vm]

Explain.

[@thl205]

Sunak’s face is so cringe. He knows he’s leading his party to a historic defeat, he has no true supporters anywhere in the UK, all he has left are these smug jokes. Today he stepped in it, but only because of his arrogance. His demeanour every week is nauseating.

[@dragonfly6908]

If Saint IKEA Starmer carries on like this then Labour may not get the landslide win that they are expecting.

[@thl205]

@@dragonfly6908 that's what the rightoids were saying before 1997, keep dreaming. Tories have absolutely no support left, it's a zombie government running on fumes

[@tombartram7384]

The whole topic is vague and needs regulating. What do you need in order to complete the transformation so nobody can accuse you of being a boy? Operation? Wig? Make up? Dress? Do you have to declare yourself as a full time girl or can you be one only on weekends?

[@damon1957ful]

I have my own opion of transgender but would never belittle a persons choice , i will never vote labour whos only out to make point and still cant define a women or the broken tories who have allowed this mess we are in continue, but i think labour would make it eorse

[@dragonfly6908]

I will not be voting for Labour either.

[@carmadme]

So you're both voting conservative ?

[@moonshine9902]

It couldn't get any worse. They are of The same mould.

[@mishymoo34]

As a woman I ask you, why is it so important to define what a women is? When I think about important issues such as children being fed and world peace, I find it a waste of your human abilities to focus on definitions. Be better than that.

[@carmadme]

They are really not the same I don't understand where this comes from

[@stephenholmes1036]

Mr Sunak has nothing to apologise for in pointing out Starmers hypocrisy.

[@rayg7383]

Rich coming from Rishi a man who has a new cunning plan everyday

[@jjefferyworboys8138]

Have you ever had a plan ? Probably not, it's easier to let someone else do the hard work for you.

[@rayg7383]

@@jjefferyworboys8138 wrong fells all my plans work and bear fruit. Do yours?

[@dragonfly6908]

Unlike Saint IKEA Starmer who is "U" turning on all his plans.

[@andyquelch5754]

So Starmer using this woman's grief for political advantage isn't despicable? Ok 🙄

[@Mantastic-ho3vm]

Nope. You obviously didnt listen.

[@andyquelch5754]

@@Mantastic-ho3vm Yes I did 👍🏻

[@Mantastic-ho3vm]

@@andyquelch5754 You obviously didn't. 🙄

[@andyquelch5754]

@@Mantastic-ho3vm Oh yes I did 👍🏻

[@Mantastic-ho3vm]

@@andyquelch5754 You didn't.

[@theoutlier9053]

Is this really what our politicians think is important

[@KingBarnaDuke]

It's all distraction.

[@Rileybenitezz]

“it’s a bit rich” 😂 i love English people, sound like he outta charlie and the chocolate factory

[@user-wq6sz7vt3w]

Starmer should continue to exploit the situation and make as much political gain as possible, because he is useless!!

[@reckondragon2130]

After watching the video, i have to ask where did the PM say something about trans people? The headline of the video is misleading. Its a 👎

[@jayjayaseelan7441]

Do you have to be nasty before you join the Tories or do they become nasty afterwards. Integrity,?!

[@khrono691]

As an american uk politics is infinitely more interesting and entertaining than us politics

[@stellacollector]

Just when I thought Sunak couldn't sink any further to a new low, he managed it!

[@bones6978]

He's actually talking some sense for a change.

[@nerdydrew6818]

Nothing wrong with what he said. It just goes to show that starmer actually thinks trans women are real women which is factually incorrect. I give props to Rishi for not going along with the fantasy

[@donttouchyerbumnsniffit]

Sunk to a new low by being truthful for the first time in his life 😂 Just shows what politics from both sides is about in this country and beyond!

[@thl205]

@@nerdydrew6818Keir Starmer simply recognizes what Sunak’s own government and legal system recognizes when transwomen are allowed to legally change the gender on their documents. So what Sunak is doing is mere culture war posturing, and you’re falling for it 😮

[@freebritney4830]

What exactly is wrong with what he said?

[@Professor_Genki7]

THATS WHY HE'S THE GOAT....THE GOAAAT!!!

[@seamusoflatcap]

Yet more confected outrage from starmer.

[@dragonfly6908]

Yes he is very poor at it.

[@ralalbatross]

Confected outrage? The Prime Minister made a joke about trans identities while the mother of a murdered trans girl sat in the audience. That was genuine anger, and he went off script to do it.

[@dragonfly6908]

@@ralalbatross Incorrect, it is Saint IKEA Starmer who misinterpreted what Rishi said and linked it to Brianna.

[@TimesFM4532]

We can see the benfits of having a layew since he instantly clocked that when the folks around him did as quickly. I suspect he was so angry since he works with victims family's

[@racheladkins6060]

I agree with Keir . Shame on SUNAK.

[@GWills-ys6rd]

SUNAK WON'T RECOVER FROM THIS REMARK.

[@jjefferyworboys8138]

Great remark from Sunak.

[@livelife5947]

Yes he will, most agree with him on this one.

[@crystallove4778]

I blame the people insisting biology is negotiable. It isn't.

[@jamesslater9098]

Not a single person trans person is trying to claim that they are biologically male or female. You are spreading misinformation in order to hurt trans people. Stop being evil.

[@zc6346]

🙄

[@jacobr.8339]

@@every5thman947 Right wingers love this question but never answer it themselves. How would you define a woman?

[@x-vh2ke]

​@@jamesslater9098false. The entire purpose of transitioning is going from male to female and vice versa.

[@x-vh2ke]

Everything is negotiable.

[@tatata1543]

Starmer was quick to jump on the anti trans bandwagon when Scotland was proposing rights for trans people(a policy that the Scottish branch office of Labour supported) but now there is political mileage in supporting a trans person he is all over it. They all disgust me.

[@UltimateMadWorld]

Rishi Sicknak couldn't get any lower if he possibly tried! So here's a guy that has literally obliterated the word 'shameful' in quick succession out of all rationality! Talk about being so out of touch like that of every tooth being cruelly and carelessly ripped out all at once from someone's mouth for no reason, forget any anaesthesia! The man is best described as a diseased and rotten tooth that is deviod of any wisdom that must be removed immediately!

[@dragonfly6908]

Your last paragraph describes Saint IKEA Starmer perfectly.

[@TomikaKelly]

So what's the verdict? Did Brianna scream like a boy or did it scream like a girl when it was being poked? 👀🤔

[@lw1zfog]

even Sir CPS Keith’s two female bouncers in the back looked a bit shocked that he opted to take that desperate plunge.

[@dragonfly6908]

Lol, but so true.

[@MartHoe]

Given the nightmare of the last 14 years. One has to ask 'What is the point of Conservatism?' What does it offer? Who do they help, apart from themselves? The total ruination of a country, the bleak futures for the next two generations, the lost billions. Genuinely, why do we need Conservative politics?

[@dragonfly6908]

I don't agree with Labour policies spending millions on the "green agenda".

[@turquoise7817]

@@dragonfly6908 why?

[@harticus300]

​@@dragonfly6908Clearly the last decade + of Tory leadership has done wonders for the country. Britain is failing in every area but of course it's the fault of the party NOT in power.

[@swag12344]

@@dragonfly6908 whats wrong with spending money on renewable energy sources? do you not care about the planet you live on?

[@rdouthwaite]

​@@dragonfly6908as opposed to the Tories spending millions on green policies?

[@angrycustomers]

Confuse and preocupy with nonsense matter

[@baxtronicxavier]

More deflecting from his own inadequacies and his own inability to speak the objective truth.

[@stephencollins9062]

Like what objectively is a woman?

[@Biggie123Fol]

Starmer pandering to the trans community when it's convenient for him again! Shame indeed Starmer. Shame on you

[@user-wq6sz7vt3w]

Slimy Starmer trying to make political gain out of the death of a young person! No policies, so back to personal insults!

[@Bungle-UK]

* young man

[@NoWindNoSunNoPower]

It’s OK if a bloke wants to wear a dress and call himself Lulu La Bonbon but he’s still a bloke.

[@michaelscofield6721]

You wouldn't say that if you had a son, you wouldn't tell him it's OK to wear a dress

[@torilongstaff5591]

Have you ever heard of the problem of Theseus’s ship?

[@stephencollins9062]

​@@torilongstaff5591Hera was his ship

[@x-vh2ke]

False

[@loganwatkins97]

ITS DISGUSTING RISHI GO AND LEAVE NUNBER TEN

[@blod141]

Well, firstly, Sunak should apologise as it was an appalling thing to say, even in the heat of the debate.However,this is typical Starmer. Not for the first time, he is using someone's personal grief to bolster his political agenda and use this to use this to become PM. We all know Labour is going to be in power once the election is won, hands down, but don't try and fool us Starmer to make us believe you will be a caring leader. You are a politician and leader of the opposition, so you only care about gaining power and no doubt blaming the Conservatives when you can not fix the issues we have had in the world over the last few years.

[@blod141]

@stabishop1769 Nothing. Just his attitude. Surely, you have seen how he picks up on personal grief of suffering persons and turns it into a political tidal wave for his own use?

[@onx99]

Our Crime Minister at work.

[@dragonfly6908]

Yes, won't be long before Saint IKEA Starmer gets's elected although after this performance he might hopefully lose some votes.

[@thedarkness2635]

Its lovely to see Starmer find his morality regarding the trans issue....just couldn't extend the same courtesy to Gaza. Shows you a lot about his character

[@dragonfly6908]

Saint IKEA Starmer is characterless.

[@vincentanthony5989]

I agree with Rishi

[@geordiejones2]

Rishi Sunak does not have to apologise because parents had a pervert son.

[@macred]

Hear hear Starmer

[@dragonfly6908]

Who?.

[@user-zv6vm1sq9e]

😴

[@steve-en8hm]

Yawn he change is mind tommorow

[@user-bk9fk2tq2z]

Cry more Starmer, Sunak is right about you not even knowing what a woman is, lol. Lots of Guardian viewing people will disagree with me, but they're wrong. And yeah, I'm a Labour Party supporter, but I prefer Corbyn over Starmer.

[@SuperKiao]

Corbyn wouldn’t answer that question either