Watch again: Rishi Sunak faces Prime Minister's Questions as senior Tory calls for his resignation

Watch again as Rishi Sunak faced Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday, 24 January, after a senior Tory called for his resignation.
Sir Simon Clarke, who served in the Treasury while the now-prime minister was chancellor, said that Mr Sunak "is leading the Conservatives into an election where [they] will be massacred".
"If we change the leader to a prime minister who shares the instincts of the majority and is willing to lead the country in the right direction, we will recover strongly in 2024," the MP for Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland wrote in the Telegraph.
Other senior Tories have warned against more damaging infighting before the public go to the polls this year.
Home secretary James Cleverly said it would be “foolish” to have further dissent within the party, arguing that it would leave the door open to Sir Keir Starmer and the Labour party.
Former defence secretary Ben Wallace echoed Mr Cleverly in dismissing Sir Simon’s call to oust Mr Sunak.
"Division and another PM would lead to the certain loss of power," he said.
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[@richardstott6023]

The army asking why they can't get recruits, I mean who would risk their life for this lot?

[@Jay-gr9ij]

Spot on.

[@paulhowes8181]

Me

[@Jay-gr9ij]

@@paulhowes8181 daft bastard

[@DorsetAdventure]

so many also leaving too for same reason

[@PeterSAINTPIERRE]

The army is struggling and has been struggling to recruit since 2012 when they forcibly made thousands of fully trained, qualified soldiers redundant. I left a year later as they stole my pension, so this is the reason for this retention problem . TORIES once again with their cuts and now our country is unable to defend itself .

[@adamjones5931]

Faced a bunch of questions. Answered exactly none of them, as usual.

[@TheRip72]

Spouted a lot of blatant lies as usual. The only way we can show that we are not stupid enough to believe him is to use our votes to crush his party at the next election & hope that his constituency follow this.

[@conorblee4285]

Think this session was worse than usual, Rishi just has even less answers these past few weeks. Just completely blanked on the childcare issue, didn’t even attempt an answer

[@ronseymour4976]

I make no apologies for saying that Prime Minister's Questions is so childish that my great granddaughter would would see through it and laugh !!!

[@fizzhogg23]

It's always been this way

[@dianecameron137]

its worse than kids in a play ground actually that belittles kids they behave better

[@ParaquatSC]

you better apologise for that grrrr

[@amyelizabeth135]

It should be shown live on cebeebies

[@theironlemon_4156]

It’s great for accountability, we can see see them for what they are 😂

[@gandhi9936]

They both say "never again", and yet it is happening "again" before the world's eyes, but they both refuse to see it for what it is, and just look the other way.

[@bushwhackeddos.2703]

Watch this uniParty pantomime, watch!

[@CimonSowel1]

C'mon they are all the same lol

[@Dmac-7558]

A complete circus of entitled spoiled brats We pay for those scammers

[@harveymphotography1032]

If these lot spent as much time looking after the country as they do slatting each other, this country would be utopia!

[@wendytorfs5580]

Does he answer any questions , NO !

[@namnamfonken]

Im only 8 minutes in, but why do they even have these "debates"? Not a single question/accusation is answered or addressed. Every response coming out of Rishi makes it sound like the worst roast battle ever. Peak whataboutism.

[@chatham43]

It's called question time not answer time. The clues in the title.😊

[@sarabevan3468]

This isn't a debate, this happens every Wednesday at noon, for approx 35/40mins! The debates are all the other bits in there!

[@namnamfonken]

@@sarabevan3468 @chatham43 Ok, that makes it somewhat better I guess. I'm not from the UK, so I'm only vaguely familiar with the people involved. I've been extra frustrated with politicians lately, so this display popping up in my feed and then being so unapologetically trashy was enough to make me comment for the fourth time on youtube, the first being 13 years ago. Thanks for clearing it up though! I guess if they can somewhat limit this to once per week, it may even let the rest of the week be slightly more constructive. I'm at least a bit reassured that it's not what it seemed!

[@DrRussell]

How has this great country descended to this?

[@sobek]

personal greed

[@DrRussell]

@@sobek well said. I need to correct myself in this regard too. Thank you.

[@sobek]

@@DrRussell more like personal greed of the politicians. Kinda seems like everything thats happened has been to make themselves richer. Remember Rishi's wife making that billion pound oil deal early on when he became PM?

[@LynnD0109]

Sunak sounds like he knows he’s on the way out. Atkins sat next to him like a nodding dog.

[@Trendycosmetics-os6gh]

He is on his way to victory actually and Starmer will go to jail for life

[@tomstar1800]

@@Trendycosmetics-os6ghyou decrease the iq of everyone in the room when you open your mouth, please refrain

[@ethzero]

​@user-SubvurzIVI think that bot is malfunctioning 😂

[@EddieTheH]

​@@Trendycosmetics-os6gh Can you elaborate on that please?

[@dI9ESTIVES123]

It’s like a football stadium.

[@midlandgeordie]

Treat dentists and doctors in a decent way and they wouldn’t go!

[@jameshodgkins559]

To busy spending billions defending a apartheid state

[@speedismeta]

Out with Sunak!!! Let our EU families inside UK!!!

[@jjmstudios]

Absolute pantomime full of clowns

[@peterah7957]

Tory clowns ....get it right !

[@tatata1543]

@@peterah7957All of them.

[@peterah7957]

@@tatata1543 Well I won't follow your opinion on this ....They're not all out to fleece the public and the Tories are dispicable!

[@tatata1543]

@@peterah7957 I never said anything about fleecing, I said they are all clowns and I stand by that. Labour have no right des what to do about any of it either. For now they can pretend they have but they will be found out pretty quickly after the election.

[@photolady]

Why weren't all these MP's at the debate at Westminster Hall on the UK's excess deaths. Diabolical!

[@lsmoulton]

What are they trying to hide ? 🤔

[@photolady]

Good question well presented!

[@chatham43]

Now I know why they call it question time...not answer time.!😊

[@barbarashaw-qw3vz]

Tweedledum and Tweedledee do not represent me, they are both different sides of the same coin. The US is the real power in the UK, we have lost our independence.

[@DiabeDiabira-ib7cj]

The man who were drinking wine and champagne during the lickdown speaks about crine.

[@davidantonucci1161]

Good old predictive text 😂😂

[@midlandgeordie]

General Election and get rid of this incompetent government and this rich public school boys!

[@sobek]

I bet the Tories would still win the next general election because the citizens of this country dont seem to learn from their mistakes

[@undeadmaster666]

now correct me if im wrong here but when you are asked a question, you are meant to answer it are you not? if so then why is it that rishi NEVER answers a single question ever?

[@NickLongFilmmaking]

Things are improving are thet sunak? Funny because we haven't felt any change at all 😂

[@chello70]

Sunak......Things are improving !!!!! AHAHAHHAHAHHAHHAHAHHAHAH.......

[@shaunjp2211]

I'm sure the general public wouldn't mind paying a bit more for improvement in services rather than trying to bribe the people with tax cuts that are unaffordable when services are desperate for funding.

[@johnblack6161]

The cheek to talk about a holacaust.double standards

[@DamienCrowtherUK]

The Conservatives got great votes last time for Brexit, NOT Boris, NOT the Conservative party, Boris and the rest abusde the system and the public, it is too late now, you're last chance was Penny, you blew it with Rishi. Labour will win, NOT because they are better, but because they are the ONLY next option, don't let it go to your head Labour MPs you're no better, if there was another realistic choice Labour would not get in either.

[@Albern4]

reform uk mate, better policies on immigration, plans to cut down green initiative spending to cut back 300 billion and use it to make jobs

[@davidoldboy5425]

Only chance our country has is Reform

[@combrogi]

And look at post Brexit Britain, what a mess and a joke it's become.

[@davidoldboy5425]

@@combrogi And all because it was never done

[@franticpanic]

​@@davidoldboy5425 all because it appealed to the pathologically insane.

[@RustyRoger]

Damn, Penny Mordaunt was looking depressed while Rishi was answering those questions!

[@jameshodgkins559]

I think she releasing that not to soon she will have to look for a proper job

[@RustyRoger]

@jrr3613 Penny is also wearing blue and on the left hand side of Rishi as we look at him.

[@RustyRoger]

Y'know, the other depressed looking Tory, but I can understand your confusion when no one is looking particularly happy these days 😂

[@TraceyAlsopp]

Neither leader knows what the citizens want

[@elgrandesmokio2725]

Agreed. I’d like Labour to win but I don’t think Kier Starmer is the answer. He pivots just as much as Sunak.

[@TraceyAlsopp]

And starmer head of CPS was a joke too, I know from personal experience of a case that was not supported by the CPS even though the evidence proved the guilt of the criminal as proven by the police

[@elgrandesmokio2725]

@@TraceyAlsopp Tory who likes the colour red imo. Also see how he punished his own party members for supporting striking workers. He’s getting in by virtue of the Tories so unbelievably bad at just about everything.

[@SigmundJaehn]

The conbots are out in force.

[@peterah7957]

Sunak is such a lying snide

[@martincheeseman5809]

Keep going Kier we have them on the run!

[@terryscott3820]

Just get real people your all out for yourself’s no for the people about time you go ☹️

[@r.sundararamanvedapuri5875]

Excellent

[@iseeulysses]

What has Rishi actually achieved? No suggest or put forward. Achieved.

[@JohnLaz253]

Mister Starmer wins it on points!

[@jameshodgkins559]

Both a pair of twats , what chance we got

[@mariacrouch7109]

WHERES THE HOLOCAUST ITS IN GAZA AND WEST BANK !!!!

[@bglr2783]

The terrorist organization Hamas instigated it.

[@Markdmarque]

Absolutely right. Both of these Zionist Shills talk about anything but the issue of the Palestinian People facing death and destruction every day. They are a disgrace

[@martincheeseman5809]

Come on kier you can do it

[@martincheeseman5809]

Born a billionaire Sunac makes me feel sick!

[@minglingli7097]

34 27 she said never again .... unless its on Palestine ......

[@aaronmccardie8795]

Yet again acting like children.

[@sobek]

that is an insult to children

[@norestforthewicked2193]

The so called big two are not fit for purpose anymore

[@davidpearn2484]

Mr Corbyn still living in sunaks head 😂😂😂.

[@mandylunn1949]

Do these people actually know what is going on in OUR COUNTRY ,all they do is shout at about nothing,what a joke

[@waynewalker8227]

What a bunch of knobs!!

[@knightsy9385]

Just one question. Why do we put up this? 😂😂

[@midlandgeordie]

There is no point to this as Sunak never answers a question and this useless speaker never calls him out!

[@sarabevan3468]

What- PMQ's Really? No point? 😆

[@malcolmclements9254]

The stunned Labour front bench sit in silence.

[@lw1zfog]

Ritchy W.E.F. the bank$ter boy from Goldman Sachs vs Sir CPS Keith W.E.F. Steamer of the Trilateral Commission

[@honeybee5383]

Sunak’s tone of voice when answering the ceasefire question is pathetic It always comes to Israel’s ssecurity and Hamas, what about the Palestinians security and when do British bombs stop falling g on the heads? We want a ceasefire and not any pause…. None of this Bull….

[@JeffreyPullen-lp4oe]

I pray I never see a Conservative party again in my lifetime

[@Bella-qz5df]

Pmqs are an absolute embarrassment to our country , this pantomime is paid for by us , the whole thing is a waste of time and there should be rules that any question should be answered truthfully without the what about isms ! I hope the representative from the Czech is not thinking this is a good way to have a parliament.

[@blaircorral8158]

No! 🤦

[@MrEhrkE-lt4qf]

why does this seem like a posh rap battle

[@glenpovey1297]

Oh my good God! If that is what government in UK is like, then I do not wonder that the UK is a bankrupt shithole! My fellow countryman, the visiting Czech dignitary, must have been as appalled and embarrassed as I am!

[@12bigredd]

Defo worried about losing his feathered nest. Poor rishi... call an election we will let you know who is in touch

[@srinivaschilagani678]

I am a 51 years IT Engender, System got to develop better, Srini

[@gandhi9936]

Over 30,000 have perished in Gaza, over 70% of whom were innocent babies, children and women, and yet the PM cannot find even a breath to mourn them.

[@MilesBellas]

Sunak needs to be arrested if he breaks international laws.

[@philipberridge3581]

It’s like a privileged children’s playground just listen to the top management this country has.

[@martincheeseman5809]

When is the next general election?

[@SajeevanMuringode]

Hello hi sir and madam all the best and Good luck sir jai Jai United Kingdom 🇬🇧 ❤🙏

[@joedee1863]

I love a good Punch and Judy show, but seriously the country needs effective administrators with some level of competence.

[@tbrooke3016]

I'm no far of Starmer as a trans person but I must admit he is finding his feet. Loved the jab on I was actually putting people away in 2008 and the pm was making money off the working class

[@CimonSowel1]

He's the other side from the same coin as sunak. Don't be duped by this show.

[@tbrooke3016]

@@CimonSowel1 I literally opened with I'm not a fan. I'm just saying he did a good job putting on a show which is what pmqs is in large part

[@dannywholuv]

Whats wrong with Starmer in your point of view?

[@tbrooke3016]

@@dannywholuv he has a very fuzzy record on trans issues and tbh I don't trust him as far as I can throw him because of that. You don't have to go back before my existence was illegal so frankly anyone who cannot treat me with respect will NEVER get my vote. He doesn't have to believe it himself but in the UK we are tolerant of other people. If he committed to immediately undoing the new school guidance on trans students then I'd begin to trust him but he hasn't. I'd also like to point out there is plenty of stats to show outing trans kids to their parents is a sure fire way to get them to unalive. Dead kids is not a difficult argument to make and the fact he isn't is OBSCENE!

[@CimonSowel1]

@tbrooke3016 I know but there is still a scary amount of people out there who can't see this establishment for what it is.

[@DorsetAdventure]

Rishi to resign!!

[@markgohegan1590]

And these people are leading this country? It is like the school playground!! Instead of just picking on each other and shouting, how about getting to the bottom of our problems and all work together to solve the issues that we are all worried about!! Waste of space and none worthy of my vote!!

[@nonsoottih7405]

Why do they make sounds?

[@goych]

It’s the booze and drugs

[@nonsoottih7405]

@@goych and is this a political debate? Or does this happen regularly in parliament?

[@RenegadeShepTheSpacer]

​@@nonsoottih7405It's regular.

[@ht5381]

It's tradition

[@goych]

@@nonsoottih7405 booze and drugs all day every day, and then waffle for the rest. I presume some of them do care somewhat also!

[@lesleysmith8300]

They really need to stop the pantomime acts and do the right thing for the people. It's embarrassing watching them behaved like they are in a school playground. It's shameful when they'd more pressing issues to deal with than this pantomime.

[@drapples1235]

So this is how it all ends… Us Torys are finished.

[@user-sl6gq2zv3r]

Wicked can stay forever

[@franticpanic]

Good, that's reassuring.

[@JeffreyPullen-lp4oe]

Im a massive starmer fan go on Buddy

[@JohnDoe-yr5tg]

So out of touch with the uk general workforce it’s ok when your a billionaire and never had to worry about money let alone lead a country with no financial understanding a good prime minister must come from not an enriched background he’s clueless

[@srinivaschilagani678]

Do you want me to send the documentation, I attended Islington court for judgement, The court Judge big useless. Regards, Srini

[@joycebarr3529]

Go go go

[@francesco9574]

Glad to see that Jeremy Corbyn continues to live rent free in Tory minds

[@martincheeseman5809]

You took us out of the created for peace after two world wars!

[@JeffreyPullen-lp4oe]

I would fight for starmer certainly not sunak

[@shankarbalakrishnan2360]

Thku guuuyyys I am convinced now what I do is the most important work on the planet and could also work❤❤🎉🎉

[@adrianaflach9428]

Ridiculous this debate ! Go to do some work!

[@jammypockets606]

33:20 Labour mp- rightly says we shouldn't be supporting what Israel is doing. Sunak- sarcastically says, That's the face of the changed Labour Party. I.e. He's suggesting the Labour mps comment was antisemitic. What the actual F?!!

[@ruthheadley-jackman2176]

Just share to love we are watching

[@hodgsonnn]

not my PM

[@srinivaschilagani678]

Cramer don't have any plans for the future of developing youngsters. Simple as that. Srini I Support Rishi Sunak as a politician, Also Cramer shouldn't raise Sunak's personal income at all in the parliament at all. Cramer talking about someone's personal matters, you should know as Layer(You should know if were Criminal Lawyer). Regards, Srini.

[@83tonytaxi]

Country on its knees ! This is just a show from Billy Smarts circus ! I would want MPs to run the country for the people

[@ladydiana1035]

TOGETHER IS ALWAYS GREAT ❤❤❤

[@andrewlister9472]

Penny Mordaunt looked very uncomfortable 🤔

[@chetanrasal5853]

Sunak love from India

[@karenwatson9319]

Good wishes for the king and the princess they get to have their operations

[@damiensullivan741]

OOOORRRRDDDDEEEERRRRR !!!

[@davidoldboy5425]

He's Labours best friend surely?

[@srinivaschilagani678]

Cramer you better resign from Labor Party, you were talking something rubbish. Tory didn't make mistake they had leadership problems, Srini

[@ruthheadley-jackman2176]

Let work together

[@Markdmarque]

Heritage party

[@woofdog1525]

Ah the weekly pantomime show where gangsters masquerading as politicians pretend to argue with each other.10 minutes after this punch & Judy show they’re in the bar upstairs,which WE subsidise,all patting each other on the back & throwing their keys in the bowl. My advice would be to switch off and ignore like when someone farts in a lift you’re in

[@sarabevan3468]

🤔. Yet you're still here 🤔?

[@woofdog1525]

@@sarabevan3468 I don’t watch…I comment to wind melons 🍈 like you up

[@erroneousbatch]

The PM vs LoO Punch and Judy Show should be scrapped and go straight to the more sensible and informative questions.

[@amherawdr]

SNP are really Hamas lovers😂

[@franticpanic]

Maybe they don't like Israelis

[@martinjenkins1827]

Rishi has brought the uk to there knees

[@christown2827]

A great LoO QT once again. Why doesn't Sunak stand aside for Braverman?

[@mattgreen5720]

Oh my, don't let her anywhere near the job!

[@brianjacobs1232]

In this volatile period wouldn’t it be nice to see the end of personal jibes from the opposition and work together to stop the possibility of war again crazy times with crazy people

[@franticpanic]

Lol. You can't work with delusional nutters.

[@luizas2345]

Tory make best for the people to secure high quality of life. And we know those people

[@franticpanic]

Lol. That makes no sense.

[@tatata1543]

I have zero faith in either of them, we’re stuffed.

[@jakejansen6624]

What do these Parliament meetings even do exactly. Just shouting and complaining at each other. This government have ruined this country

[@tatata1543]

It’s all just for show, they have no idea what to do about any of it so they just put sup a performance to make it look as if they are doing something.

[@Meh-qe4rw]

Yeaaaaaaaaaaahhh!