For once, David Lammy had a good DPMQs
Today’s Deputy Prime Minister’s Questions was a particularly low-rent affair. Andrew Griffith was the Tory sent out to question David…
Starmer blocks Burnham from parliament
Keir Starmer has blocked Andy Burnham from running for parliament, with the party’s National Executive Committee voting 8-1 against his…
Keir Starmer talked tough on Trump at PMQs
Keir Starmer tried to use Prime Minister’s Questions today to deliver what he hoped was a tough new line on…
Nigel Farage was the winner of PMQs – and he wasn’t even there
‘He has got no choice but to be here for Prime Minister’s Questions! That’s why he’s here. If he could…
It’s a bit rich for Keir Starmer to urge ministers to hold their nerve
Before Keir Starmer managed to escape Westminster for the relative safety of a European summit discussing war, the Prime Minister…
Badenoch – and Starmer – should work on their PMQs jokes
Kemi Badenoch and Keir Starmer conformed to time-honoured tradition today at Prime Minister’s Questions by producing lots of jokes that…
Ministers mull overhauling public inquiries
Do you have an issue you care about? You should probably be calling for a public inquiry into it, then.…
Where is the violence against women and girls strategy?
There was a revealing moment in today’s Liaison Committee session with Keir Starmer where the Prime Minister was asked about…
Badenoch still has a Herculean task ahead of her
Kemi Badenoch’s good form at Prime Minister’s Questions continues. The Tory leader visibly enjoyed herself again today as she feasted…
From grooming gangs to maternity safety: how the British state is failing
Is anyone happy with the latest maternity safety report, published by Baroness Amos today? The former UN diplomat says the…
Kemi Badenoch is enjoying herself
Kemi Badenoch had plenty to work with at Prime Minister’s Questions today. She opened with the departure of the head…
Badenoch’s PMQs attack ran out of steam
Kemi Badenoch had two chances to attack the government today: first at Prime Minister’s Questions, and then again in response…
Starmer did even worse than Badenoch at PMQs
Neither Kemi Badenoch nor Keir Starmer performed very well at Prime Minister’s Questions: both fluffed their lines early on. Badenoch…
Only Wes Streeting came out well from PMQs
Who won PMQs this week? Not Kemi Badenoch, nor Keir Starmer for that matter. In fact, the real winner wasn’t…
David Lammy can’t blame the Tories for the latest prison release debacle
Today’s Prime Minister’s Questions – taken by Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy – had a sting in the tail. The…
Why Starmer is back to attacking the Tories at PMQs
Once again, the key takeaway from today’s Prime Minister’s Questions is what Keir Starmer didn’t say, rather than what he…
Keir Starmer failed to put a lid on the China spy story at PMQs
Keir Starmer did not go into Prime Minister’s Questions with the intention of resolving the row over the collapse of…
What does Reeves want from businesses?
Is Labour serious about welfare reform? It hasn’t given that impression over the past year, given the flagship welfare reform…
Badenoch has learned from her PMQs mistakes
Kemi Badenoch learned from her mistakes at last week’s Prime Minister’s Questions, and devoted all six of her questions to…
Keir Starmer comes to Angela Rayner’s defence at PMQs
Kemi Badenoch and Keir Starmer clearly didn’t spend their summer breaks working on their performances at Prime Minister’s Questions. Today’s…
What’s the point of Starmer’s reshuffle?
Will Keir Starmer’s mini-reshuffle of ministers and key aides solve the Prime Minister’s problems? The Prime Minister has moved Darren…
The woman I’m not – Nicola Sturgeon
Scotland’s former first minister spends most of her memoir telling us how different she is from her public image
Keir Starmer is taking Boris Johnson’s approach to PMQs
Keir Starmer joked at Prime Minister’s Questions today that Tory MPs seemed to be on recess already. But he wasn’t…
Badenoch got what she wanted at PMQs
If he were measuring his success at Prime Minister’s Questions purely by avoiding making any senior colleagues cry, Keir Starmer…
Landscape designer Tom Stuart-Smith on mistakes, sand and weeds
If you’re looking for an early example of Tom Stuart-Smith’s work, you’d have to go to a car park to…
