Watch: Starmer slams audience for ‘disrespect’ over ‘toolmaker’ jibes

There’s less than three weeks to go until polling day and the TV debates are continuing to roll in. This week, we’ve seen party leaders Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer quizzed by Sky’s political editor Beth Rigby before being turned on by the audience. And while the Prime Minister had a rather more gruelling time in the hands of the crowd, it’s Sir Keir who’s still moaning about it.

In an interview with GB News’s political editor Christopher Hope, the Labour leader hit out at audience member who laughed at him when he spoke of his parents’ jobs. The first groan of the night rang through the hall when Sir Keir spoke of how his sister and mother had worked for the NHS. And when the inevitable line came – ‘my dad was a toolmaker’ – onlookers could hardly contain themselves.

But a rather miffed Starmer told GB News didn’t see the funny side…

CH: During last night’s debate with Sky News, the crowd laughed when you said your dad’s a toolmaker.