General · 24 June 2026
Kemi Badenoch faces Labour anger over PMQs words
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Heated exchanges in parliament drew fresh attention to the tone of political debate. During Prime Minister’s Questions, Kemi Badenoch called Bridget Phillipson a “spiteful class warrior” and said Keir Starmer had been “betrayed” with “400 knives stuck in his back”, prompting criticism from Labour MPs and a warning from Speaker Lindsay Hoyle. Starmer praised Phillipson’s rise from poverty as an example of social mobility.
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