The Tory leader Kemi Badenoch Brutally attacked Sir Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves during Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs).
Badenoch ripped into Labour so brutally the House of Commons erupted with laughter as she slammed Starmer’s handling of the Autumn Budget last week.
Badenoch quoted, “‘The handling of this Budget has been a disaster from start to finish.’”
She asked, “Who said that? Was it him? Was it her?” pointing directly at the Chancellor, she added, “In fact, I think it was probably her, actually! It was probably the Chancellor!”
Tory MPs shouted from the benches “more,” Badenoch added, “One of his ministers said the Chancellor and Prime Minister ‘look weak and incompetent’, the country agrees!”
“We know there were endless Treasury briefings to justify raising taxes on hard-working people to pay for benefits, and those briefings had real-world consequences!
“Hundreds of thousands of people drew down their pension – an irreversible act.
“If the head of the OBR had to resign over market-sensitive leaks, why is the Chancellor still in her job?”
Starmer banged the same drum beat saying the Tories left a £22 billion black hole and the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) downgraded productivity for 2026, blaming the Tories.
Starmer then demanded an apology, Badenoch laughed in the Prime Minister’s face.
Badenoch quipped, “No one believes a word that the Prime Minister says! We know [Rachel Reeves’s] ‘black hole’ was fake, her book was fake, her CV was fake, even her chess claims are made up!
“She doesn’t belong in the Treasury, she belongs in la la land!”
Badenoch said that “millions of people have been hung out to dry by their Budget.
“Behind it all is a Prime Minister who only cares about one person’s job – his own!”
