Lloyd Evans Lloyd Evans

PMQs gets worse every week

© UK Parliament / Jessica Taylor

Gruesome rhetoric at PMQs. The horror began with Sir Keir Starmer revealing that he can tell the time. ‘It’s three minutes past twelve,’ he announced. Rowdy Tories immediately demanded to know how soon he’d alter that statement. Sir Keir postulated a medical emergency, a patient suffering from ‘chest pains and fearing a heart attack,’ hoping for an ambulance to arrive within 18 minutes. But when, he asked the Prime Minister, would the vehicle actually show up?

Rishi waffled about investing extra cash in this, that and the other part of the NHS. 

‘He’s deflecting,’ said Sir Keir. ‘The clock started ticking straight away,’ meaning 12.03 with the paramedics due to show up at 12.20. ‘So I ask him again. When will that ambulance arrive?’

‘Because of the extra funding we’re putting in,’ said Rishi ‘… we will improve ambulance times.’

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