Kemi is starting to sound like Sir Keir

Kemi Badenoch has made PMQs her own. Her own what? Her own select committee. That’s how she runs it. She asks long rambling questions that exhibit her knowledge of the subject. Then she hands over to Sir Keir who rambles back at her, taking his time, feeling no pressure to answer. Not much drama or excitement at all. Kemi, with her beautiful manners and perfectly modulated English, has the air of a head girl investigating a fire at the hockey pavilion. Sir Keir answers with glib and defensive evasions that are often delivered in exasperated tones. His preening vanity is plain for all to see and yet Kemi can’t burst his bubble. 

Today she asked about his beleaguered attorney general. He just huffed and puffed back at her. Well, your attorney general was worse than my attorney general, he said. So there. 

Kemi’s substantial topic was the ethnic cleansing of Palestine. Labour wants to depopulate Gaza, it seems.