Kemi Badenoch has branded Sir Keir Starmer's Cabinet 'a bunch of turkeys' during the final Prime Minister's Questions before Christmas, accusing the Prime Minister of a 'list of broken promises'. The Conservative leader also labelled Sir Keir the 'undertaker Prime Minister' as the two clashed in the Commons.
Badenoch criticised Starmer over tax rises, rising unemployment, and ongoing doctors' strikes, saying: 'The Prime Minister promised economic growth, but the only thing that’s grown is his list of broken promises.' She further claimed his Cabinet could 'fit right in at a Bernard Matthews factory'.
Sir Keir hit back, accusing the shadow cabinet of being 'non-entities' and joking that Badenoch would be 'left home alone' following Tory defections to Reform UK. He also took aim at Reform MP Sarah Pochin, saying she was 'dreaming of a White Christmas'.
On the doctors' strikes, Badenoch pressed Starmer to ban them, adding 'he doesn’t have the baubles' to do so. She concluded: 'The trade unions didn’t just buy him for Christmas, they bought him for life.'
SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn suggested Starmer would be spending his 'final Christmas in Downing Street', but the Prime Minister dismissed the remark, focusing instead on a £120 million investment in Grangemouth.
