PMQs: Sir Keir Starmer welcomes Tory defector Natalie Elphicke to Labour
Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer face off in the House of Commons for the weekly session of Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs).
Before it started, Tory MP Natalie Elphicke crossed the floor and defected to Labour, hitting out at the "broken promises of Rishi Sunak's tired and chaotic government".
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Prime minister asking questions instead of answering. Labour hit him hard and sees himself as the opposition😂😂😂😂
Sunak still using the note about there being no money left... 14 years ago.... I was 16...
@zytoses9223
25 күн бұрын
I mean that is the go to backlash material they whip out when things get tough.
@paulbarnes8905
25 күн бұрын
@@zytoses9223 a reek of desperation so distinct it's practically nuclear.
@alundavies1016
25 күн бұрын
And it’s a joke that has been going for decades, made by both parties… he is very dull
Bit rich Sunak accusing Starmer for not answering his question when Sunak didnt answer a single one!
The best thing that could happen to this country at this point is to vote for anyone that isn't tories. All the tories do is think of themselves and not the people
@lolasamuals3336
25 күн бұрын
Trust me any political party are in it for themselves. They are all out of touch. Shallow tossers
I think we can safely say that Starmer won this PMQs
@andybyrne50
25 күн бұрын
Absolutely, I thought Sunak was going to cry 😂😂
@alundavies1016
25 күн бұрын
I don’t know why Sunak wants to keep getting his arse handed to him week after week? He must be making a lot of cash out of being in power, it isn’t for the party, or the country.
@alisonmccourt9180
25 күн бұрын
@@alundavies1016he doesn’t though
@alundavies1016
25 күн бұрын
@@alisonmccourt9180 he could make it all end right now, by standing down, or calling a GE.
@polarisnorth4875
25 күн бұрын
He bludgeoned Sunak.
We want a general election now
@leonblittle226
25 күн бұрын
Note that Labour have not called a vote of no confidence though...
@thegreat_I_am
25 күн бұрын
@@leonblittle226 They couldn’t win it. The Tories still have a sizeable working majority.
@tomsale5142
24 күн бұрын
@@thegreat_I_amno-one is in more than three terms.....
The fact we have not voted for the last few prime ministers should be enough to trigger general election, simple as.
@johnlongford1734
23 күн бұрын
We do not vote for any Prime Minster. We vote for our local MP. The PM is then the one who happens to be leading the winning party.
Ohhh dear dear dear. Rishi Squatter is just getting more and more weak and pathetic by the day! No mandate and no power.
Poor old Sunak. Hopelessly out of his depth.
If these two are the best this country can offer we are doomed
@bereal6590
22 күн бұрын
Get a grip
Proof we dont have a 2 party system. We have one party with two names.
@leonblittle226
25 күн бұрын
Two cheeks of the same arse
@dna9838
25 күн бұрын
What’s the point in lurching from one polarising extreme to another every 5 years? I’d rather have centrism, that stands at least a small chance of gaining common consensus.
@NosyFella
25 күн бұрын
@@dna9838 this means nothing in practice. The stock market, treasury and bank of England govern the economy. We have two parties who run the country in a way that best suits hedge funds and asset managers. "Centrism" is just nothing.
@robsonbarstow9355
24 күн бұрын
@@dna9838"Centrism" is just another term for Conservatism. Achieving nothing until it's time for the other party to get in. There will be no progress under Starmer, just more austerity.
Starmer called him a "Dodgy Salesman" . Now, true as that is, i remember Dennis Skinner being booted from the commons for saying "Dodgy Dave" Ah..Dennis.. much missed...
@wipeout7184
25 күн бұрын
😂
That was bad even by Sunak’s low standards.
@tomsale5142
24 күн бұрын
He is ready to hand over Maggie Thatcher did the same
How come mp's are allowed to defect to another party . They are elected to office based on their party manifesto and not on their looks . There should be a resignation and a by-election, it is the right of the public to decide .
@richardruff8712
25 күн бұрын
100 % correct.... There should be a bye-election whenever one of those failures decides to change their party....
@leighmerritt8772
25 күн бұрын
100%
@oo-mp4ol
25 күн бұрын
@@richardruff8712 Hardly a failure considering she kept her seat. She's just had enough of this Tory party which is a failure in every sense of the word.
@TheRedGoldfish
25 күн бұрын
Technically constituents vote for the person, not the party. I acknowledge though that most people don't give two shits who the actual person is - what matters is who the Labour, Conservative, SNP, etc candidate is
@lollolly1677
25 күн бұрын
the 2 parties are both funded by the same people anyway. and they have all the same policies, so it's just like them going to another pub down the road
It's like a playground " my dad's bigger than your dad"! They're all pathetic
They shouldn't be allowed to defect. If they no longer wish to be in the government they should resign straight away. All they are doing is protecting their pension rights.
@bereal6590
22 күн бұрын
She is stepping down. This was all about giving sunak a bloody nose ✌
Sunak must go. Its as simple as that.
@NightRider530
25 күн бұрын
Agreed. Sadly, a change of Government will not solve anything, however...
Elphicke jumping the tory sinking ship to join the red tories! #SelfServing🤡
@sandradavies7804
25 күн бұрын
She hopes she'll be able to keep onto her seat and salary/benefits.
@exodus-kj4gz
25 күн бұрын
Both recent tory defectors announced they will be standing down at the next election
@MsPeabody1231
25 күн бұрын
@@sandradavies7804She isn't standing in the general election.
Rats deserting sinking ships
@richardruff8712
25 күн бұрын
If we are sticking with the ' Titanic ' phrases, how about this... It's looking as if the rats have thrown the deckchairs over the side, and are swimming to those deckchairs.... What a totally useless bunch they all are !
How much does this muppet show cost the taxpayers...?
@BigBeastOfficial
25 күн бұрын
Finally, someone caught this mockery of taxpayer money. This is nothing but a puppet show, and both of them well funded MPs without intend of public interest.
Sunak never answers a question.
@martinhudecek8886
25 күн бұрын
He asks some very nice ones and the speaker doesnt even tell him off anymore
Still harping on about that ‘no money left’ note!! Is that the best he can do?
It is time for The British people to bring about the downfall of the Labour and Tory party. We have proven we want change. We need to bring this two way voting system down once and for all.
@suni08
24 күн бұрын
i.e. we should switch to single transferable vote from FPTP
@Cyrus-3D
24 күн бұрын
@suni08 the First Past the post system is past it and needs replacing, like the license fee. Labour and The Tories are no longer fit for purpose, if they ever were in the first place.
Don’t forget she voted for fire and rehire. This is a case of a rat leaving a sinking ship
@bereal6590
22 күн бұрын
Doesn't matter, she is standing down and won't have anything to do with workers rights
If everyone conservative switches to labour and labour get voted in, does that mean we'll have a conservative government? No-one changes their fundamental values overnight - unless it's for a individual's career gain.
@RobinHarris-nf4yv
25 күн бұрын
No it doesn’t mean that
@bumberClart1000
25 күн бұрын
@@RobinHarris-nf4yvhe try’s to bend it like a far right Beckham
@jmmypaddy
25 күн бұрын
It's a stunt to show a view of why Sunak is unfit for office, from a conservative perspective. She plans to not run for re-election, so it's just purely symbolic. Labour know she hasn't changes her views, nor really care, as it's about showing that Tories are unfit for purpose. She won't have a say if Labour win the election as someone for Labour will be contesting the seat. Who knows, it may backfire, as it may outrage the Tory base in Dover and kill off the Labour candidate.
@davidprice5678
25 күн бұрын
@@bumberClart1000 Okay, chairman Mao.
@stephenweir9871
25 күн бұрын
@bumberClart1000 they're still Tories underneath it all Labour are on course for at minimum 2 terms in power and once people are sick of the Labour Party they'll jump ship again to the Tories before the next election were the Tories will be back in power, and so the merry go round continues 😂😂😂
Just trying to stay in a job. What an embarrassment. Nobody has done any right with exception of brexit and then didn't implement it financially.
So if the Conservative MPs are jumping ship now, why would we vote for labour? Are we not trying to get rid of this conservative government?
@MurphyOCP-001
25 күн бұрын
Both the recent defections are MPs who are standing down at the next election
@richardruff8712
25 күн бұрын
@@MurphyOCP-001 There should still be a bye-election at Dover and Deal...
@hughzapretti-boyden9187
25 күн бұрын
Labour under Starmer & tories are one & the same. The tories have ruined the nation & Labour will just drive the final nails in.
@MurphyOCP-001
25 күн бұрын
@@richardruff8712 That’s not how it works…
@richardruff8712
25 күн бұрын
@@MurphyOCP-001 Yes. ... I understand that it is the PERSON, and not the party....... I am just stating my opinion that, in principle, if an MP decides to ' jump ship '.... then there should be an automatic bye-election, on the basis that the voters did NOT actually vote that way.... If the voters had preferred another parties candidate, then they would have voted for such.. !
General election now
To save her seat and parliamentary salary ,? Why now ?.
@nichemphill8321
25 күн бұрын
she is standing down at the next election
@norfolkngood8960
25 күн бұрын
Why now? Starmer just said, she's making a point that Sunak cannot be trusted. As she's standing down at the next election she's free to do so
@andrewcooke904
25 күн бұрын
She is, but feels undemocratic. Her constituents voted Tory. She has gone against that, and given them a labour MP against their will. And no I am not a Tory, just feels undemocratic. Clearly just a general election is required
@captainbuggernut9565
25 күн бұрын
@@nichemphill8321 She hasn't said that.
@paulwilliams2663
25 күн бұрын
@@nichemphill8321to be replaced by an ex soldier who wants to tackle immigration, she defected as her hands were tied by tory government to do anything. Signed......Dover resident
Worried about being sent to Rwanda? It's OK, it'll be another 300 years before your particular ticket will be ready 😠🤬😠🤬😠🤬🙄 And I think when Sin-nak mentions things that happened 14 years ago, MY reply would be : I can't remember that far back ...
Rishi resign Go Home Election asap Vote Labour Fed up tories
@xdude57
24 күн бұрын
Can’t say go home Mr Singh.
@axelbruv
24 күн бұрын
@@xdude57Of course he can, Mr Racist.
This Practise needs Stopping ASAP
@finncullen
25 күн бұрын
Democracy?
@polarisnorth4875
25 күн бұрын
Why? It's good to hear people be held to account
It is a mystery that Labour can criticise Conservative MPs, but then are happy to accept them crossing the floor. Almost like morals or even political views don't come into it...
So what did I see on social media......a job centre line of people waiting to report or sign on and not one of them were British....this was in London....what's going on there????
Sunak looks rattled throughout that's
Cha ching - gotta keep that MP salary and pension going somehow.
Two liars.
So she has walked away from the people who voted for her without any thought to her constituency.
The tory front bench looks like a row of slapped arses hahahaha
@lindacurrie8817
25 күн бұрын
Awaiting the boot to connect on their arses size 14
If she thinks Labour will be able to do more to stop the small boats, her main issue as Dover MP, then she's obviously deluded.
@stayhappybetrue
25 күн бұрын
I think labour can...
@Omnipotent-Q
25 күн бұрын
You’d think going after large boats instead of smaller boats would be a bigger priority
Same club (British Parliament) but different team colours. From one wishy-washy party bed to another.
She knows the winning game. Welcome
Like Labour are gonna make our boarders stronger! 😂
I aint voting for either of them this election. Im voting for someone different this general election.
@oliverleonard7730
25 күн бұрын
Liberal Democrats and Greens are the best we've got.
@wipeout7184
25 күн бұрын
@@oliverleonard7730what about workers party
@oliverleonard7730
25 күн бұрын
@@wipeout7184 George Galloway is a far-left extremist not a chance.
@vfunkeraable
22 күн бұрын
Worker’s party
@oliverleonard7730
22 күн бұрын
@@vfunkeraable Workers Party are even further to the left than Corbyn. No chance I'd support them.
Dirty politics plays with people’s lives 😂😂
Sunak is just awful.
Elphicke is simply looking after Number One. In a few months time, when most of her Tory colleagues are in the dole queue, Elphicke will still be in the Westminster gravy train.
This should demonstrate that there is no real difference between Tories and Labour. Politicians are only concerned with climbing the ladder to more promotions.
@MurphyOCP-001
25 күн бұрын
Talking rubbish again
@staticaudio6961
25 күн бұрын
Actually the doctor who left the conservatives for labour last week has apparently said he will stand down once a general election has been called.
@davidprice5678
25 күн бұрын
@@MurphyOCP-001 Please enlighten the 'plebs', oh wise one, the meaningful differences between the two.
@anatolydyatlov5196
25 күн бұрын
She's standing down at the next election, its simply a middle finger to the tories
@polarisnorth4875
25 күн бұрын
Quite a bit of difference
MP's should not be allowed to cross the floor. They should serve under the party they were elected or resign!
I am Indian. I think we need him back in India. Let us see if he can become an MP.
Prime Minister QUESTIONS
Two sides of the same arse
@MurphyOCP-001
25 күн бұрын
Pleb
@temperatemix8268
25 күн бұрын
Only disillusioned Tory’s say this
@hubble8764
25 күн бұрын
@@temperatemix8268 Or literally any labour voters
@RobinHarris-nf4yv
25 күн бұрын
No they aren’t Grown ups look at policy and detail…..and can see they aren’t the same
@hubble8764
25 күн бұрын
@@RobinHarris-nf4yv The parties agree on 95% of issues. They both serve the interests of large corporations at the expense of the working people of Britain and the world at large.
Watching Rishi and Keith debate all the way from America is so entertaining. 😅😅
They don’t have to walk far to a new job. Just cross the aisle!
So, (hypothetically) if 5 sitting tories moved to Reform, would they attend the house of commons ?
Everybody should leave this puppet of the war lobby
Roasting each other but not solving a single issue. Total waste of money.
Guy Fawkes had the right idea 😅
Wow. I do not know anyone anymore. Eliza Doolittle: Come on, Dover! Come on, Dover! Move your bloomin' ***!
Get him out please
Anti British government is there such a thing ? 8 May 1945 - Victory in Europe Day (VE DAY) - is a day etched in the memory of everyone who witnessed it. After nearly six years of war Germany officially surrendered on 7 May 1945
@katerinathatcher7004
25 күн бұрын
👍
I don't think Labour should have welcomed Natalie Elphicke to their ranks. Her views on those driven by desperation to risk everything in crossing the Channel are disgusting and inhumane
@ODR96
25 күн бұрын
Risk everything by crossing the channel... and the 50 other countries they could have stopped at along the way! More people immigrated to the UK in the past 20 years than from 1066 - 2000. This is a small island with finite resources and a housing crisis. We can't be the world's refugee dumping ground forever.
@oliverleonard7730
25 күн бұрын
Shows what kind of a party Labour are now, I'd go Liberal Democrats or Greens whoever is stronger in your area, forget about the old two Red and Blue Tory parties.
This is a roast battle
The worst performance from Sunak ever. We're long overdue a GE to get rid of this squatting PM.
I actually enjoyed this entertaining exchange between these two clowns
What they’ll do to keep their snouts in the trough is what many will think perhaps
sir keir ed sir richard tice there not voteing expect all down lodge for a beer vote reform lets get back to europe then all these MP and civil servants less work to do at least richie wont leave a note saying there no money left all spent down lodge
@basicconcepts1d
25 күн бұрын
Who is left to pay the £2.5 Trillion of debt that the Rich Party have ran up.
Sunak does not get it….he still hasn’t changed 🤣😂
two wings of the same bird, the City of London ‘square mile’ presides whilst the proles watch the relentless comedic farce of dualistic uniparty polytricks
@RobinHarris-nf4yv
25 күн бұрын
Wrong They aren’t the same
@MurphyOCP-001
25 күн бұрын
What a lot of thesaurus induced waffle.
@lw1zfog
24 күн бұрын
vOTe fOR cHaNgE !
I do not understand how at Tory MP can just switch sides. Surely it shows how similar these two supposed opposing parties are
Appalling to think this sort of (Nast) mentality, either main party here, actually make it to govern the uk.
It’s irrelevent how short a time there is before the next general election. During a parliament isn’t it bad enough yet alone undemocratic for MP’s to defect to another party that’s different from the party they were representing at their election? If Natalie Elphicke was unhappy with the Tory government shouldn’t she have - in proper consultation with her Dover constituency - either resigned her Tory whip, stood as an independent or quit altogether? However it’s not rocket science to understand why another right wing Tory MP defects to Starmer’s Labour ‘just like that’. All it says is many right wing Tory MP’s regard Starmer, who via the NEC removed the whip from elected Labour party MP’s like Corbyn and Abbott and even removed the Labour membership of an actual elected North Eastern Labour Mayor Sean O’Driscoll, as being a more reliable right wing leader than their own! If any MP party defection has to take place at all which would make far more political sense these days it would be Starmer defecting to the Tories via the proper official channels of course. The current twenty five odd point lead Labour has over the Tories is not down to Starmer’s alleged ‘changed’ Labour Party and its useless aspirational reformist policies. Isn’t it down solely to the rotten decayed state of 14 years of failed Tory government?
This goes to show the quality of mp we have when they are voted in by one party but then decide to switch allegiance, talk about hanging on to your job by any means. I wonder if in five years time they then decide to switch again.
Record this and play this back to Labour when they’re in government and immigration is far worse. Starmer is all talk. He’s NO better than the Tories.
What a bunch of a
New law suggestion, When an mp switches party they must resign their position and an election must be held. People vote for party not individuals mainly. This woman was elected as a conservative candidate not a Labour one.
Sunak is finished and the speaker just let him away with murder.
Oh Angela raynor oh Angela raynor the peoples politician
Just get on with governing the country and dealing with the people in the streets concerns and leave the slagging off. That goes for Labour just as much. Back seat drivers.
He’s Desperate, he’s Losing. He’s so Arrogant he’s just been blind sided, but it won’t sink in. Still, look on the bright side and wait. The removal van will turn up, probably along side the Bailiffs.
A great mate of Jimmy savile
0:22 I don't like the way he said Dover.
Keir Starmer will be happy for a conservative to join him, he always wanted to be conservative party leader anyway
no idea why he accepted her hope she's not the labour candidate at the next election
Give it up Sunak, it's over. Will Labour be any better??. Jury is out.
I'd say that was a draw!
It will be handy to have a Labour mp in Dover,when Labour allow free movement he will be extremely busy.
@connorparsfield7456
25 күн бұрын
Labour ain’t under corbyn anymore, they will do something to stop boats and illegal immigration
@stequality
25 күн бұрын
@@connorparsfield7456like what?
Time for general election
It’s embarrassing watching Sunak die on his feet.
Who in their right mind ever trusts a traitor ?
Legend !
Maybe they were never conservatives.
Labour should be saying No ! She's been apart of the problem of the toey mayhem... just proves they are both the same
Do these guys debate about anything or just poshly insult each other
Is this it ?!? Replace the lot of with an algorithm.
Labour is no different from Conservatives period ! Wake up Britain
Why do people repeat after me❤❤🎉🎉
What’s with those 2 women’s fringes 😂
@InTheRhettRow
23 күн бұрын
Okay Gok Wan
How can he rant about a government 14 years ago , sunak and truss along with Boris , Theresa may and smirking Cameron have had that time to put things right , it works both ways , instead the tories have put Britain into a state of regression, election please 🙏
Risky summits got a trickle down the back of his leg I think.