Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer were both present for Prime Minister’s Questions, but the session was largely Why You Should Vote For This Party In The Local Elections Tomorrow. Backbenchers on both sides used the half hour to air their grievances with local councils led by their rivals, or praise the important work of authorities where their own party had power. Both party leaders framed their exchanges around their own local messaging, too, but what was interesting was that Starmer chose to lead on home ownership and housebuilding.
The Labour leader used housing as the latest example of things Sunak likes to pretend are going absolutely fine even when they manifestly aren’t. He has been making this case at PMQs for the past few weeks, always driving the point home by pointing to some aspect of Sunak’s own wealthy lifestyle which shows the Prime Minister hasn’t got a clue what’s going on.
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