PMQs - Sunak: "But Corbyn"

Jedi boro said:
He’s like a walking case of imposter syndrome

I don’t think even can believe he’s PM
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Next time he raises the "You supported Jeremy Corbyn" line, the response should be "By being a failure you enabled Liz Truss to become PM and add £500/year to everyones mortgages".

That's going to be Sunak's political epitaph, "Lost a leadership battle to Liz Truss".
 
Sheriff_John_Bunnell_ret said:
When I've watched it, it just seems infantile. public school boys trying to score points off one another. I dont think it shows our politics in good light.
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Most of Labour are not public school. I mean even Starmer only sort of attended one. He was at a state grammar, but it turned into a public school while he was there, I guess parents didn't want to move him and could just about afford it.

Raynor, Lammy, Cooper, Philips, Milliband all state educated. The Tory front bench of course are largely privately educated as you would expect.

It is an ineffective method of debate though, I will give you that. There is no enforcement of answering a question at all.
 
It was a proper mauling from Starmer today, dare I say it shades of the Boro performance last night.

Labour know Sunak is more popular than his party and therefore undermining his judgement and credibility is key for them. Today shows how it can work.
 
If only someone could get a photo of Starmer eating a bacon sandwich. That is what led to the downfall of Ed Miliband and ultimately what got us into this entire mess in the first place, and seems to be the only hope that the Tories have left. British politics - best in the world.

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festa5 said:
I agree. Mostly a complete waste of time and a bit of a panto.

However there needs to be some way for MPs to ask questions of the government.

And of course lying in PMQs did contribute to Johnson's demise.
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Problem we now have - exacerbated over the past 12 years - is the PM simply doesn't answer a question unless it's very, very comfortable.

Bozo never gave one straight reply, instead the retort was a ridiculous attack on Labour "policies", personal jibes or just patting himself on the back with bollox claims - 40 new hospitals, vaccine rollout, fastest growing economy in the G7 etc etc. All complete and total bullsh*t but he did it week after week after week. And got away with it. So he kept doing it. And Truss and Sunak have continued this theme.

It's a complete waste of time, part of the whole outdated parliament procedural bollox.
 
h_m_boro said:
Problem we now have - exacerbated over the past 12 years - is the PM simply doesn't answer a question unless it's very, very comfortable.

Bozo never gave one straight reply, instead the retort was a ridiculous attack on Labour "policies", personal jibes or just patting himself on the back with bollox claims - 40 new hospitals, vaccine rollout, fastest growing economy in the G7 etc etc. All complete and total bullsh*t but he did it week after week after week. And got away with it. So he kept doing it. And Truss and Sunak have continued this theme.

It's a complete waste of time, part of the whole outdated parliament procedural bollox.
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Yup. I don't disagree.

But there has to be something or it lets them off the hook completely.

Not sure what the solution is, more power for the speaker to interrupt and press for an answer perhaps?

Or maybe something like you have in the courts where the person asking the question is able to appeal to the speaker to interrupt ("objection!") if the PM veers off topic.

You are right though. The current system is a joke.
 
The whole thing is a farce and I don't think them not answering the question is anything new. Politicians have always answered the question they want rather than the one that's been asked. It's basically the only skill most politicians seem to have.

It would be far better if they were forced to answer the question before moving on. Make the rules so the question can't be a specific gotcha type loaded question, it would have to be proper questioning, but anything deemed a proper question deserves a proper answer.
 
festa5 said:
Yup. I don't disagree.

But there has to be something or it lets them off the hook completely.

Not sure what the solution is, more power for the speaker to interrupt and press for an answer perhaps?

Or maybe something like you have in the courts where the person asking the question is able to appeal to the speaker to interrupt ("objection!") if the PM veers off topic.

You are right though. The current system is a joke.
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I think the speaker does have that power. He just chooses not to exercise it
 
festa5 said:
Yup. I don't disagree.

But there has to be something or it lets them off the hook completely.

Not sure what the solution is, more power for the speaker to interrupt and press for an answer perhaps?

Or maybe something like you have in the courts where the person asking the question is able to appeal to the speaker to interrupt ("objection!") if the PM veers off topic.

You are right though. The current system is a joke.
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I think a yellow and red card style system.

If the PM starts waffling and not answering the question then they get a warning from the speaker. Any more instances and they are sent from the chamber.
 
SmallTown said:
I think the speaker does have that power. He just chooses not to exercise it
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No he does not he is neutral ( btw he came from labours side) and has no influence in any debate. He is there to uphold the rules of the house and see business is done accordingly.

“The speaker is also responsible for maintaining order during debate, and may punish members who break the rules of the House. Speakers remain strictly non-partisan and renounce all affiliation with their former political parties when taking office and afterwards.”
 
hewielewie said:
Gillian Keegan on BBC Breakfast this morning tried to bring Starmer's support of Corbyn into a conversation about Sunak's integrity. It looks like a line they are being told to take.
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It's pretty much all they have. Plus banging on about Brexit and immigration. Issues that most people aren't bothered about any more.

I have to say I'm uncomfortable about that tweet above about Corbyn.
 
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