- Thu Feb 26, 2026 9:53 am
#106753
Tory leader Kemi Badenoch asks if the prime minister is prioritsing his own job security over national security, in the wake of Labour’s humiliating byelection defeat last week.
Starmer responds:
Moments like this define a leader of the opposition, they can either up, act in the national interest and show they are fit to be prime minister or they can expose their utter irrelevance. She has chosen the second.
Tory MP Gareth Bacon asks if the prime minister’s “dithering response” over Iran has made the special relationship with US stronger or weaker.
Starmer says American plans are operating from British bases, UK jets are shooting down drones and missiles to protect US lives in the Middle East and intelligence is being shared.
“Hanging on to president Trump’s latest words is not the special relationship in action,” he says.
Tubby Isaacs wrote: ↑Wed Mar 04, 2026 12:47 pm I regret to tell you, she's not improved since yesterday. This sort of stuff would shame the worst Oxford Union political hack.Excellent, I'd make just one edit "She and her lost deposit have chosen the second".
Sir Keir duly put this leg stump half volley away. He did well not to die of laughter, seeing that Kemi got 1.9% in the by-election last week.
Tory leader Kemi Badenoch asks if the prime minister is prioritsing his own job security over national security, in the wake of Labour’s humiliating byelection defeat last week.
Starmer responds:
Moments like this define a leader of the opposition, they can either up, act in the national interest and show they are fit to be prime minister or they can expose their utter irrelevance. She has chosen the second.
Tubby Isaacs wrote: ↑Wed Mar 04, 2026 12:59 pm The rest of the Tory party are as bad as the leader, it seems.Gareth Bacon: Shades of Lincoln's
This question is as silly as Badenoch's stuff. Sir Keir swats the long hop away through midwicket.
Tory MP Gareth Bacon asks if the prime minister’s “dithering response” over Iran has made the special relationship with US stronger or weaker.
Starmer says American plans are operating from British bases, UK jets are shooting down drones and missiles to protect US lives in the Middle East and intelligence is being shared.
“Hanging on to president Trump’s latest words is not the special relationship in action,” he says.
Government of the gammon, for the gammon, by the gammon