HENRY DEEDES watches Labour leader Keir Starmer in fight mode at PMQs 

Keir Starmer was no longer over a barrel: HENRY DEEDES watches the Labour leader in fight mode at PMQs By Henry Deedes for the Daily Mail Published: 22:00 GMT, 10 March 2021 | Updated: 00:58 GMT, 11 March 2021 Not often in the Commons do you get both Conservative and Labour benches hootin’ and a … Read more

HENRY DEEDES sees Boris Johnson’s shorter hair get its first public airing at PMQs 

Boris had undergone a snip. No, not the sort of painful chop that dog of his clearly needs. Ouch! Heavens, no. I’m talking about a haircut. With the nation’s nimble-wristed crimpers barred from wielding their scissors for another two months, Carrie had apparently grown impatient with her fiance’s mop and attacked the unruly mess herself. … Read more

HENRY DEEDES watches Keir Starmer’s fiery clash with Boris Johnson at PMQs

We’ve had to wait a while but Sir Keir Starmer’s lid finally blew yesterday. Out of nowhere, that neatly oiled head of his simply exploded like a shaken-up can of Vimto. For months we have grown accustomed to the Labour leader occupying a saintly plinth inside the chamber, a beacon of trustworthiness, a model of … Read more

Furious Keir Starmer confronts Boris Johnson after PMQs

Furious Keir Starmer confronted Boris Johnson and ‘ranted’ at him after they clashed over his Brexit record at PMQs, it was claimed today. Witnesses said the Labour leader ‘lost it’ after Mr Johnson accused him of wanting to stay in the European Medicines Agency – which has been slated for dragging its heels over vaccine … Read more

HENRY DEEDES on Boris Johnson’s performance at PMQs

For hair-tearing, home-schooling parents, it wasn’t quite a champagne moment, but it was at least cause to uncork a half-decent bottle of reserva. Boris Johnson had just announced plans, barring any snags, to reopen schools in March. On top of that, he was putting aside a £300 million kitty to fund summer schools. A whole … Read more

HENRY DEEDES sees an uneasy Labour leader beam in from home for PMQs

As with most members of the legal profession, Sir Keir Starmer would crawl through an open sewer to hear the sound of his own voice. No topic is too obscure, too arcane, on which he would happily hold court.  Weighty matters of Human Rights jurisprudence, for example, or the finer points of the Equality Act. … Read more

Boris Johnson defends ‘steely’ Priti Patel at PMQs, accusing Keir Starmer of trying to ‘bash her’

Boris Johnson defended ‘steely’ Home Secretary Priti Patel over bullying claims today, accusing Labour of attacking her because she is successful. Opposition leader Sir Keir Starmer attacked the decision to keep Ms Patel, 48, in her post despite a critical report into her behaviour at the Home Office. The probe by Sir Alex Allan, finally … Read more

HENRY DEEDES watches the Prime Minister hosting the first PMQs by videolink in history

Bang on midday there was a clink-clink of the cathode tubes, and a familiar figure suddenly flickered across TV screens in the Commons. He was uncharacteristically silent for a while, adopting one of those nervy ‘can you see me?’ smiles that Russian cosmonauts flash when checking in with the Motherland after several months alone in … Read more

Boris Johnson makes history by taking first ever ‘virtual’ PMQs

Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer traded brutal blows over the threat of Scottish independence today at an historic first ‘virtual’ PMQs. Being grilled by video link from self-isolation in Downing Street, Mr Johnson faced a welter of criticism over his comments that devolution north of the border had been a ‘disaster’ and was Tony Blair’s … Read more

Boris Johnson has lost a few belt notches… and his oomph: HENRY DEEDES watches PMQs

First PMQs of the new term and Boris Johnson was, I’m sorry to say, poor.  Provocatively poor. It wasn’t just that he hadn’t bothered with any of the necessary holiday reading – it was clear he’d barely glanced at the back covers. After such a political hotchpotch of a summer, this was a showdown the … Read more