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Topic Originator: wee eck
Date: Wed 5 Nov 12:58
What a farce this is! Keir Starmer is on his way to COP30 so his deputy, David Lammy, was answering for the government. As is the custom Kemi Badenoch did not appear for the Opposition as the PM was absent and she was replaced by the Defence Secretary, James Cartlidge. The Opposition are allowed 6 questions but Cartlidge kept repeating a question about whether a second asylum seeker had been released in error and Lammy avoided giving an answer. The Speaker ruled that Cartlidge had had his allotted 6 questions and moved on.
At the end Cartlidge raised a point of order saying that the Daily Telegraph is reporting a second asylum had been released in error and asking if Lammy knew this when he asked the question. Apparently it happened last week but was only reported to the police yesterday!
ETA- It`s now been confirmed a prisoner was released in error. He is Algerian apparently but not an asylum seeker.
Post Edited (Wed 05 Nov 13:54)
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Topic Originator: ipswichpar
Date: Wed 5 Nov 14:05
Being reported that Lammy was informed overnight about it.
Didn`t even have the balls to answer a straight question....just banging on about the last lot being crap as normal.
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Topic Originator: wee eck
Date: Wed 5 Nov 14:35
I`m surprised he didn`t take advantage of the fact that the prisoner wasn`t an asylum seeker and deny that any such prisoners had been released in error!
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Topic Originator: Bletchley_Par
Date: Wed 5 Nov 18:43
Post Edited (Wed 05 Nov 18:45)
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Topic Originator: DBP
Date: Wed 5 Nov 19:19
Se the poppy facists are out in force!
Why not just stick to his avoidance of answering a question, and hiding things from Parliament than diluting that point by worrying about what is or isnt on his lapel?
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Topic Originator: jake89
Date: Wed 5 Nov 19:41
Our representatives are an absolute shower. The country is in a state and rather than sort it out, our MPs continue to snipe for either side of the parliament. It`s no different in Scotland where progress is stalled because parties just throw insults at each other hoping their little soundbite will make it into the media. Don`t worry, more children are growing up in poverty, the NHS is crumbling, social care is ****** and the economy is sinking, but you carry on trading insults you absolute weapons.
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Topic Originator: McCaig`s Tower
Date: Wed 5 Nov 19:41
It can be entertaining when everyone is fielding their second team for PMQs.
I find it difficult to take David Lammy seriously after seeing him on Celebrity Mastermind.
Today he seemed very aggressive and claimed to have been expecting to face Robert Jenrick, but he is away to Brazil as well.
The poppy gaffe was unimportant, but should have been avoided, as it distracts from serious issues - but did he forget because he was worried about the latest prisoner release?
Did Cartlidge miscount? On the assumption that you often only ask a gotcha question if you already know the answer, it seemed that he was teeing up his last question to exclusively reveal that another foreign prisoner had been accidentally released (which presumably the Labour front bench were well aware of, (Bridget Phillipson was looking very glum)) but he`d already asked his 6 questions. The Speaker called the next question and there was some confusion with some expecting Cartlidge to get another go.
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Topic Originator: Buspasspar
Date: Wed 5 Nov 19:43
Oh Jings wee eck its two now !!
We are forever shaped by the Children we once were
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Topic Originator: wee eck
Date: Wed 5 Nov 19:58
Apparently there`s an average of one wrongly released every day, Bpp!
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