PMQs review: Kemi Badenoch is addicted to chaos
At the dispatch box, the opposition leader grew increasingly frustrated with the evasive and distant Keir Starmer.
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Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) is a constitutional convention whereby the prime minister answers questions from opposition MPs, held every Wednesday at noon while parliament is sitting. The practice of the prime minister taking questions at fixed times of the week was introduced by Harold Macmillan in 1961, on the recommendation of the House of Commons’ Procedure Committee, though the format has changed several times since then.
PMQs review: Will Labour’s winter fuel U-turn work?
Despite Starmer’s reversal of a deeply unpopular policy, Badenoch struggled to take advantage.
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PMQs review: Badenoch’s record still haunts her
Ahead of the local elections, Keir Starmer has a lot to worry about. The Tory leader is not one of…
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PMQs review: Kemi Badenoch needs a position on Trump
It’s difficult for the Tory leader to press Keir Starmer on US tariffs when the Conservatives have no alternative.
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PMQs review: Starmer is rattled ahead of the Spring Statement
The Prime Minister was too distracted to fight Badenoch back.
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PMQs review: Diane Abbott rails against Keir Starmer
Once again, Kemi Badenoch was not the biggest challenger to the Prime Minister.
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PMQs review: Badenoch arrives unprepared, again
The leader of the opposition was outperformed by the Liberal Democrats’ Ed Davey.
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PMQs review: Starmer and Badenoch play statesmen
The Tory leader's questions reflected the gravity of the situation unfolding between Trump and Zelensky.
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PMQs review: Badenoch pushes the Tories further into irrelevance
Even Conservative backbenchers guffawed at yet another takedown by Starmer.
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PMQs review: Richard Hermer is Starmer’s biggest weakness
The Attorney General’s reverence for international law is a potent target for the right – but Kemi Badenoch is incapable…
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PMQs review: Starmer flounders on Chagos
“He’s freezing pensioners, while shovelling money to Mauritius,” Kemi Badenoch quipped.
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PMQs review: Starmer is finally up for a fight
The parliamentary battle over workers’ rights has commenced.
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PMQs review: Starmer confronts some awkward realities
Badenoch highlighted the Conservative record on education and called Labour's legislation “an act of vandalism”.
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PMQs review: Badenoch keeps letting Starmer win
Someone ought to give the Conservative leader advice about momentum.
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PMQs review: Badenoch’s attacks are undermined by her record in government
The Conservative leader never raised the issue of a national inquiry into the rape gangs when she was children’s minister…
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PMQs review: Kemi Badenoch misses every target
The Conservative leader strays even further out of her depth in an anticlimactic showdown to end the year.
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PMQs review: Badenoch falls into Reform’s trap
The Tory leader’s attacks on Labour’s immigration plan did more for Nigel Farage than the Conservative Party.
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PMQs review: Badenoch cannot rely on traditional Tory strengths
The Conservative leader’s record in government means that Keir Starmer can easily fend off attacks on immigration and farming.
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PMQs review: Labour must beware accusations of vindictiveness
The government is vulnerable but Angela Rayner’s sharp, confrontational style held Tory attacks off.
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PMQs review: Badenoch does not faze Starmer
The Labour leader met her attack-dog style with a cool head.
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