Sir Keir Starmer was back on the BBC this morning, to be interviewed once again by Sophie Raworth. The Labour party is calling for an ‘emergency budget’ in order to help ease pressure on the cost of living. However, Raworth pulled Starmer up on why, when presented with opportunities to challenge the government on rising prices, he was still relying on the partygate scandal to hammer away at the Prime Minister’s authority:
…‘I don’t accept’ I broke the law in Durham…
During Keir Starmer’s last appearance with Raworth, she brought up a photo of him drinking beer in an MP’s constituency office during the 2021 Hartlepool by-election campaign. She asked Starmer if his behaviour was comparable to that of the Chancellor Rishi Sunak, who has just received his own partygate fine:
Raworth pulled Starmer up on why, when presented with opportunities to challenge the government on rising prices, he was still relying on partygate
…‘very difficult’ to see Corbyn returning to Labour
Earlier this week, Starmer’s predecessor Jeremy Corbyn gave an interview to John Pienaar of Times Radio, where among many other things, Corbyn reiterated his distrust of military alliances such as Nato. Raworth inquired whether, in the light of the war in Ukraine, Corbyn was ever likely to be given back the Labour whip after it was taken away from him in 2020:
Oliver Dowden: ‘I don’t believe the PM misled Parliament’…
Sophy Ridge spoke to the Conservative Party co-chairman Oliver Dowden, and pressed on him the as-yet unknown findings of the House of Commons Privileges Committee. Dowden affirmed his support for Boris Johnson after a week which has seen much vocal discontent on the backbenches, notably including Steve Baker and Mark Harper:
…Angela Rayner story is ‘totally ludicrous’
A story in today’s Mail on Sunday has outraged supporters of Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner. Unnamed Conservatives have accused Rayner of using a ‘Basic Instinct ploy’ in order to distract the Prime Minister while he has been standing at the despatch box. Ridge asked Dowden for his response:
Jamie Wallis: ‘A part of me died’
And finally, Jamie Wallis, the Conservative MP for Bridgend who recently revealed that he has gender dysphoria, and will be transitioning from male to female, told Ridge about his experience of being raped and the effect that he still carried with him:
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