Keir Starmer didn’t hold back during PMQs, responding sharply to a Tory heckler. The exchange highlighted tensions in the current political climate.
London: So, during PMQs, Keir Starmer really went for it. He slapped down Tory minister Chris Philp after he heckled. It was quite the moment!
The Speaker, Lindsay Hoyle, had to step in. He told Philp to do better. But Starmer shot back, reminding everyone that Philp was Liz Truss’s right-hand man. Ouch!
Philp was the chief secretary to the treasury when Truss was in charge. And we all remember how that went, right? Her time in office was a total mess.
Truss’s mini-budget caused chaos. It was all about unfunded tax cuts for the wealthy, and it sent the markets into a tailspin. She resigned after just seven weeks. Can you believe it?
Experts say that budget made the cost of living crisis worse. Interest rates and inflation shot up. Truss became PM after beating Rishi Sunak in a leadership race after Boris Johnson stepped down.
Philp was part of the team that introduced that disastrous mini-budget. When Sunak took over, he got demoted but stayed on as a junior minister.
He’s known for his Union Jack cuff links and socks. Last year, he went viral for mixing up Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo on TV. He claimed he was just being rhetorical. Classic!
