Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch faced widespread criticism after relying on scripted one-liners during her exchange with Andy Burnham at Prime Minister's Questions. In addition to dubbing Labour's approach a "do nothing" budget, she questioned the government on the unpublished 10-year plan and the Rosebank oil field. Burnham parried the energy query by highlighting that Labour had already approved the Jackdaw project and that the Conservatives originally drew the Rosebank licence. Furthermore, Badenoch targeted Ed Miliband with a Russell Brand joke despite having condemned such political point-scoring just days earlier.
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Kemi Badenoch struggled to gain visible support from her own backbench MPs during the rec…: Kemi Badenoch struggled to gain visible support from her own backbench MPs during the recent parliamentary session.
The Conservative leader contradicted her earlier public position against weaponizing alle…: The Conservative leader contradicted her earlier public position against weaponizing allegations surrounding Russell Brand for political attacks.
Andy Burnham defended the government's energy strategy by pointing out that the Conservat…: Andy Burnham defended the government's energy strategy by pointing out that the Conservatives had originally created the Rosebank oil field licence.
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Well, there was one person at least who thought Kemi Badenoch had absolutely nailed it at this week’s prime minister’s questions. And that person was Kemi Badenoch. She could not have been more pleased with herself if she had tried. No one laughed louder and longer at her own jokes than she did. No one admired her laser focus as much as she did. Kemi is the paid up chief executive of her own fan club.
As for the rest of her Tory MPs – aside from Chris Philp, who is basically a parasitic homunculus – they weren’t quite so convinced by Kemi’s performance. She had been so entranced with her one-liners, she had forgotten to ask any serious questions. And never forget how low the gag bar is in the Commons. What passes as a joke at PMQs wouldn’t even register as humour in normal conversation. Wouldn’t even elicit the groan that comes from the recognition of a gag format.
Maybe Kemi was just having a bad day. Had woken up and realised she didn’t have any questions for…
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