General · 24 June 2026
Kemi Badenoch faces Labour anger over PMQs words
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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