Sir Keir Starmer had a new song today at PMQs. The Tories are finished. He said it twice to Kemi Badenoch. It was a deliberate ploy. So what’s he up to?
Kemi was ill-prepared for the session. She should have changed tack as soon as she heard Sir Keir’s opening statement about immigration.
Kemi’s day didn’t recover. Her questions lacked bite
‘This party will end the open-border experiment of the party opposite,’ said the PM. Instead of challenging him, Kemi stuck to her prepared script.
‘Unemployment is up by 10 per cent since the general election,’ she said. ‘Why is it rising on his watch?’
Sir Keir has just arranged trade deals with America and India – the richest and the most populous nations on earth – which is good news for employment. The PM swatted aside her question by speaking of ‘200,000 jobs’ and ‘record investment.’ He also accused her of planning to destroy his newly-signed contracts.
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