I watched Kemi Badenoch humiliate Keir Starmer in PMQs – his response reveals it stung | Politics | News | EUROtoday

There was an almighty crunching sound mid-way by way of Prime Minister’s Questions that, by my reckoning, was audible throughout the nation. It was the second that Kemi Badenoch grabbed Sir Keir Starmer by the goolies and squeezed.

Blasting Sir Keir as a “weather vane who twists in the wind” the Tory chief then delivered her coup de gras as she mentioned he “doesn’t have the balls” to precise his views on gender.

The comment drew gasps, winces, cheers, jeers and laughter in equal measure.

It should be the primary time within the 125-year lifespan of the Daily Express that now we have reported on the Prime Minister being accused of missing genitalia.

Bravo Mrs Badeonoch.

Her onslaught got here after the Labour chief’s U-turn on his views about transgender ladies, who he now says aren’t ladies as a result of the Supreme Court has mentioned so.

To make clear, Sir Keir, when in opposition, had mentioned “trans women are women” and that “99.9%” of ladies have not acquired a penis.

He had additionally been crucial of Rosie Duffield, who give up the Labour social gathering final yr, over her views on trans individuals, saying she was “not right” to say solely ladies have a cervix.

So his views are completely, persistently clear.

Anyway, again to the motion within the House of Commons and the primary PMQs because the Easter holidays.

It was a barnstorming efficiency from Mrs Badenoch, simply her finest as Tory chief, and one which left the Prime Minister dizzy on his toes.

He tried to hit again by mentioning the small matter of Robert Jenrick who has reignited a row over whether or not the Tories ought to do an election take care of Nigel Farage.

A recording of the shadow justice secretary, who was absent from the chamber – maybe properly judging by the temper his boss was in – has surfaced of him telling college students about his want to create a “coalition” between Tories and Reform UK earlier than the subsequent common election.

Allies of Mrs Badenoch’s one-time management rival – and the one who some consider may exchange her as chief – insist he was speaking about voters, not events.

Farage and co have been having none of it, waving away Starmer. The Tory chief was actually having none of it, squeezing the PM more durable on gender and ordering to apologise to ladies throughout the nation and Ms Duffield who was sat on the backbenches.

As Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle introduced issues to an in depth there have been shouts of “well done Kemi” from the Tory troops.

Sir Keir traipsed, considerably gingerly, out of the Chamber.