A Labour MP made the perfect Boris Johnson Brexit joke - and it left Theresa May squirming. Wakefield MP Mary Creagh made the cheeky jibe at today's Prime Minister's Questions - after weeks of Tory infighting over Brexit . “Will the PM join me in congratulating the Foreign Secretary in expressing so pithily what her hard Brexit will do to British jobs and British businesses?” It was a cheeky joke about Johnson’s comments reported over the weekend. In response to threats from businesses that a hard Brexit would force them to leave the UK, he’s reported to have exploded: “F**k buinsess.” Read More Latest PMQs news and opinion Mrs May looked uncomfortable as MPs roared with laughter at the deepening rift between her and her unsackable Foreign Secretary over Brexit. She replied: “Can I say to the honourable lady, as I have said many times in this house before, we are pursuing a Brexit that will be a good deal for the UK, a good deal for business, … [Read more...] about Labour MP’s perfect Boris Johnson joke at PMQs leaves Theresa May squirming
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As so often at recent PMQs, Jeremy Corbyn gratefully accepted the gift provided to him to by Boris Johnson. The Foreign Secretary, Corbyn noted, had used an “Anglo Saxon term” to “make his point” (“fuck business”) – did the Prime Minister agree? Theresa May replied that the Labour leader “can either back business or he can want to overthrow capitalism – he can’t do both”. But when pressed by Corbyn to rule out a “no-deal Brexit” (which would be an epic act of economic self-harm), the Prime Minister refused to do so. Though, as the EU knows, the government has no intention of leaving without an agreement, May’s recalcitrant MPs mean she is unable to state this truth. The PM later chided Corbyn for refusing to support Heathrow expansion (unlike, she noted, Unite general secretary Len McCluskey). But Johnson again provided the Labour leader with ample ammunition: “The Foreign Secretary didn’t … [Read more...] about ConsumerBusinessSpotlightConsumerBusinessSpotlightConsumerBusinessSpotlightConsumerBusinessSpotlightConsumerBusinessSpotlight PMQs review: Jeremy Corbyn paints the Tories as the anti-business party
‘Snarling Tories at PMQs stick two fingers up to ordinary Brits’
Snarling Tory MPs jeering and sneering when Jeremy Corbyn introduces the problems and fears of people during Prime Minister's Questions is one side of Parliament sticking up two fingers at the country. This week the wall of groans started when he introduced Honda worker Andrew who is worried about his job in Swindon when the car industry fears Brexit will be a catastrophic crash for manufacturing. Corbyn exploited pretty well the warnings of industry giants such as BMW and Airbus that leaving the customs union is likely to cost investment and jobs yet the truth is he should've done better when business is revolting and Conservative Ministers are publicly attacking each other. Theresa May was her usual ineffective self but Corbyn should've shot more fish in the Tory Brexit barrel, failing to mock her and them mercilessly with the devastating contempt he deployed in previous weeks. Read More Latest PMQs news and opinion And it is increasingly apparent that the gaping black hole in … [Read more...] about ‘Snarling Tories at PMQs stick two fingers up to ordinary Brits’
Corbyn slams Tories for putting ‘warring egos’ before Brexit in angry PMQs clash
Jeremy Corbyn has slammed Theresa May for putting the "warring egos" of her Tory ministers before Brexit in a furious PMQs clash. The Labour leader said the Prime Minister was having to "negotiate round the clock with her own cabinet" instead of the EU after a string of Cabinet outbursts. And he demanded Mrs May "take the phoney threat of 'no deal' off the negotiating table" in Brussels - as the clock ticks down to March 2019 with still no plan. Despite publicly shooting down her Brexit plans, Tory ministers have been "rewarded with an invite to a pyjama party at Chequers," he declared. "Meanwhile thousands of skilled manufacturing jobs and the future of whole industries in Britain are at stake." Mr Corbyn hit out at Prime Minister's Questions as Mrs May prepares to summon her entire Cabinet to Chequers next week to sign off her plan for trading goods with the EU. The invite to the entire Cabinet - not just the 11-strong Brexit-backing ' war Cabinet ' - has prompted speculation Mrs … [Read more...] about Corbyn slams Tories for putting ‘warring egos’ before Brexit in angry PMQs clash
Here’s what the badge Jeremy Corbyn was wearing at PMQs represents
Eagle-eyed viewers of Prime Minister’s Questions today will have noticed Labour MPs wearing large badges. Many MPs - from backbenchers right up to Jeremy Corbyn himself - were wearing the pins to mark an anniversary very close to the hearts of Labour Party members. Every now and again, Members of Parliament wear badges bearing messages to highlight important causes and to mark certain dates - particularly at PMQs, which is the most watched session of Parliament every week. But despite the large badges and huge lettering on them, it wasn’t entirely clear what the badges were there to represent. Here’s what they were for: They were to mark the 70th Anniversary of the NHS It is 70 years since Labour Health Minister Aneurin Bevan unveiled his ambitious plans to bring free healthcare to all. The 1946 National Health Service Bill was born out of a long-held ideal that cradle to grave medical treatment should be available to everybody, regardless of wealth. Two years later, … [Read more...] about Here’s what the badge Jeremy Corbyn was wearing at PMQs represents