Kemi Badenoch used PMQs to asked whether Starmer would apologise for not standing up for former Labour MP Rosie Duffield after she was bullied and threatened for her gender critical views, eventually being hounded out of the party. Starmer refused:
“I’ve always approached this on the basis that we should treat everyone with dignity and respect whatever their different views and I’ll continue to do so. And I’ll tell you Mr Speaker for why because when we lose sight of that approach [we] make this a political football.”
Duffield can be seen shaking her head in dismay…
Speaking to Sky News off the back of Rachel Reeves’ Air Passenger Duty hike, Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary said:
“Labour is dependent on those Red Wall seats, and yet every move she makes poisons economic growth and damages the UK’s recovery… it’s the Chancellor who stumbles from policy misstep to policy misstep… I think her policy decisions are incredibly stupid.”