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24 Jul 19
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6m ago
12:12
Corbyn says he does not know where May gets her figures on rough sleeping from. He says he has travelled around the country and witnessed the problem. It should not be happening in a country like his.
He asks May which of various policies he approves of she is most proud of.
May says she is proud of many things, including giving more funding to the NHS.
Corbyn says the three policies, like cutting the maximum stake for fixed-odds betting terminals, he mentioned were not in the Tory manifesto in 2017. But they were all in Labour’s.
He asks if May thinks Boris Johnson can get a Brexit deal through parliament.
May says she voted for a deal. Corbyn voted against it.
At every stage his only interest has been in playing party politics. Frankly, he should be ashamed of himself.
Updated at 12.16pm BST
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9m ago
12:09
Jeremy Corbyn says this is May’s last day in office. He pays tribute to her sense of public service. He says this can put great pressure on people’s families. He asks if May will continue her public service from the backbenches, opposing the reckless plans of her successor.
After a pause, he goes on. He says child poverty, pensioner poverty, in-work poverty, violent crime, homelessness and food bank use have all gone up. Does May have any regrets about that?
May says (picking up on a line Corbyn used) that it is good to see the Tories in good heart. You cannot say the same of Labour, she says. She says people have jobs for the first time, there are children going to university, and people owning their own homes. She says politics is about the difference you can make to people’s lives.
Corbyn agrees. He says per pupil school funding is down, and GP numbers are falling. The Tory manifesto said TV licences for the over-75s would be protected, and homelessness would be halved. Which of these promises does she regret not keeping?
May says rough sleeping is going down. She says the manifesto set 2022 as a target.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live/2019/jul/24/boris-johnson-prepares-to-enter-downing-st-and-name-cabinet-theresa-may-prime-minister-live-news
6m ago
12:12
Corbyn says he does not know where May gets her figures on rough sleeping from. He says he has travelled around the country and witnessed the problem. It should not be happening in a country like his.
He asks May which of various policies he approves of she is most proud of.
May says she is proud of many things, including giving more funding to the NHS.
Corbyn says the three policies, like cutting the maximum stake for fixed-odds betting terminals, he mentioned were not in the Tory manifesto in 2017. But they were all in Labour’s.
He asks if May thinks Boris Johnson can get a Brexit deal through parliament.
May says she voted for a deal. Corbyn voted against it.
At every stage his only interest has been in playing party politics. Frankly, he should be ashamed of himself.
Updated at 12.16pm BST
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9m ago
12:09
Jeremy Corbyn says this is May’s last day in office. He pays tribute to her sense of public service. He says this can put great pressure on people’s families. He asks if May will continue her public service from the backbenches, opposing the reckless plans of her successor.
After a pause, he goes on. He says child poverty, pensioner poverty, in-work poverty, violent crime, homelessness and food bank use have all gone up. Does May have any regrets about that?
May says (picking up on a line Corbyn used) that it is good to see the Tories in good heart. You cannot say the same of Labour, she says. She says people have jobs for the first time, there are children going to university, and people owning their own homes. She says politics is about the difference you can make to people’s lives.
Corbyn agrees. He says per pupil school funding is down, and GP numbers are falling. The Tory manifesto said TV licences for the over-75s would be protected, and homelessness would be halved. Which of these promises does she regret not keeping?
May says rough sleeping is going down. She says the manifesto set 2022 as a target.
8s ago
12:19
May uses her final exchange with Corbyn to tell him to quit as Labour leader
Corbyn says Boris Johnson thought the Isle of Man was in the EU, and that the EU made rules about kippers actually made by the UK. Johnson also thought a Gatt rule could be used to allow tariff-free trade after a no-deal Brexit, even though the governor of the Bank of England said that was impossible. How successful has her attempt to stop fake news been.
Not very, says May, judging by the amount of fake news Corbyn uses.
Corbyn ends by listing some of May’s U-turns, on matters like the dementia tax and fox hunting. Given that Johnson has no mandate, shouldn’t he call a general election?
May says, if Corbyn wants to talk about ducking election commitments, what about Corbyn promising to get rid of student debt? And Corbyn claimed during the election he was committed to Trident. He has broken promise after promise. She says, since this is their last exchange, PMQs is one of the strengths of the British political system. But he and she are very different politicians. She has spent all but one year of her time in politics trying to implement politics. Corbyn has spent most of his time on the back benches. She says they have one thing in common - they are both committed to their constituencies, as she saw by Corbyn’s response to the terror attack in his constituency.
But, she goes on, as someone who knows when it is time to give up, she suggests that Corbyn ought to realise it is time for him to go too.
May uses her final exchange with Corbyn to tell him to quit as Labour leader.
12:19
May uses her final exchange with Corbyn to tell him to quit as Labour leader
Corbyn says Boris Johnson thought the Isle of Man was in the EU, and that the EU made rules about kippers actually made by the UK. Johnson also thought a Gatt rule could be used to allow tariff-free trade after a no-deal Brexit, even though the governor of the Bank of England said that was impossible. How successful has her attempt to stop fake news been.
Not very, says May, judging by the amount of fake news Corbyn uses.
Corbyn ends by listing some of May’s U-turns, on matters like the dementia tax and fox hunting. Given that Johnson has no mandate, shouldn’t he call a general election?
May says, if Corbyn wants to talk about ducking election commitments, what about Corbyn promising to get rid of student debt? And Corbyn claimed during the election he was committed to Trident. He has broken promise after promise. She says, since this is their last exchange, PMQs is one of the strengths of the British political system. But he and she are very different politicians. She has spent all but one year of her time in politics trying to implement politics. Corbyn has spent most of his time on the back benches. She says they have one thing in common - they are both committed to their constituencies, as she saw by Corbyn’s response to the terror attack in his constituency.
But, she goes on, as someone who knows when it is time to give up, she suggests that Corbyn ought to realise it is time for him to go too.
May uses her final exchange with Corbyn to tell him to quit as Labour leader.
Will she get a round of applause at the end PMQs ?
Will she blub ?
Will she blub ?
2m ago
12:23
Ian Blackford, the SNP leader at Westminster, says the time to hold May to account is over. Although they have had their differences, they have stood together at other times too, as over the Salisbury poisoning attacks. He thanks her for ensuring that opposition parties were kept informed during those events. He asks if May is confident that standards will be upheld by her “flagrant” successor.
May thanks Blackford for his support on issues like Salisbury. And she says she does have confidence that Boris Johnson will deliver for the whole of the UK.
Blackford says Johnson has no mandate in Scotland. She says the SNP has tabled an early day motion saying the Commons should not be shut down until November. Will May sign it as a backbencher?
May says she and Blackford both have a passion for delivering for Scotland. The government has a mandate, she says. And she says the government also has a duty to deliver on the results of the 2016 referendum.
12:23
Ian Blackford, the SNP leader at Westminster, says the time to hold May to account is over. Although they have had their differences, they have stood together at other times too, as over the Salisbury poisoning attacks. He thanks her for ensuring that opposition parties were kept informed during those events. He asks if May is confident that standards will be upheld by her “flagrant” successor.
May thanks Blackford for his support on issues like Salisbury. And she says she does have confidence that Boris Johnson will deliver for the whole of the UK.
Blackford says Johnson has no mandate in Scotland. She says the SNP has tabled an early day motion saying the Commons should not be shut down until November. Will May sign it as a backbencher?
May says she and Blackford both have a passion for delivering for Scotland. The government has a mandate, she says. And she says the government also has a duty to deliver on the results of the 2016 referendum.
1m ago
12:59
Yvette Cooper, the Labour chair of the home affairs committee, says although they have disagreed, she respects May’s commitment to service and her resilience. She asks if May will speak out if it looks as though Boris Johnson is warning of the dangers of a no-deal Brexit.
May says she is confident Johnson will consider all the issues. But if Cooper is so concerned about the security risks of no-deal, she should have voted for a deal.
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3m ago
12:57
Helen Whately, a Conservative, asks May if she will continue to push for women to be more empowered.
May says she wants women to know there are no limits to what they can do.
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4m ago
12:56
Jo Swinson, the new Lib Dem leader, says it is inspiring for girls to see women in positions of power. She asks if May has advice for men who think they can do a better job but who are not prepared to do the work.
May says her advice to women is to be yourself. And she congratulates Swinson on her election. She is glad the Lib Dems now have a woman leader. She says almost all parties in the Commons have had a woman as leader, including even the Independent Group for Change, which is now on its second female leader. Only Labour has not had a woman as leader, she says.
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7m ago
12:53
Jacob Rees-Mogg, the Tory Brexiter, says he has not always seen eye to eye with May. (He led a move to force her out at the end of last year.) But he thanks May for her service, and her courtesy.
May thanks Rees-Mogg. She says the Commons is meant to be about debate and argument and discussion. Those debates are best held when they are conducted with courtesy
12:59
Yvette Cooper, the Labour chair of the home affairs committee, says although they have disagreed, she respects May’s commitment to service and her resilience. She asks if May will speak out if it looks as though Boris Johnson is warning of the dangers of a no-deal Brexit.
May says she is confident Johnson will consider all the issues. But if Cooper is so concerned about the security risks of no-deal, she should have voted for a deal.
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3m ago
12:57
Helen Whately, a Conservative, asks May if she will continue to push for women to be more empowered.
May says she wants women to know there are no limits to what they can do.
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4m ago
12:56
Jo Swinson, the new Lib Dem leader, says it is inspiring for girls to see women in positions of power. She asks if May has advice for men who think they can do a better job but who are not prepared to do the work.
May says her advice to women is to be yourself. And she congratulates Swinson on her election. She is glad the Lib Dems now have a woman leader. She says almost all parties in the Commons have had a woman as leader, including even the Independent Group for Change, which is now on its second female leader. Only Labour has not had a woman as leader, she says.
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7m ago
12:53
Jacob Rees-Mogg, the Tory Brexiter, says he has not always seen eye to eye with May. (He led a move to force her out at the end of last year.) But he thanks May for her service, and her courtesy.
May thanks Rees-Mogg. She says the Commons is meant to be about debate and argument and discussion. Those debates are best held when they are conducted with courtesy
May predicted to make a fortune advertising the Tesco Meal Deal
8m ago
13:26
PMQs - Snap verdict: A PM’s final PMQs is essentially a leaving do and, like most leaving dos, they are often thick with hypocrisy - effusive tributes from people who have been wanting you gone for years.
There was a whiff of that today, but what was striking about most of the tributes paid to Theresa May, from MPs from all sides, was their focus on her sense of public duty. The legislative achievements of her three-year premiership are almost non-existent, she failed to deliver Brexit, but even her critics accept (mostly) that she is motivated by a sense of public service and that she is dogged in the face of adversity, and this is what people raised repeatedly this afternoon.
In normal circumstances this would not really merit noting (you would expect the prime minister to be a person of integrity), but with Boris Johnson about to become prime minster, these virtues might soon seem more of a rarity.
Various MPs tried to get May to criticise her successor, but largely May refused to engage with this line of attack at all, except perhaps in her peroration, which if you were being mischievous you could read as a coded attack on the notion of proroguing parliament to facilitate a no-deal Brexit. (See 1.05pm.)
nstead May concentrated her fire on Jeremy Corbyn. In the course of his six questions Corbyn provided a fairly comprehensive list of May’s policy failures, broken promises, and ideas lifted from Labour.
But May’s final jibe about how it was time for Corbyn to consider standing down too was an effective riposte, principally because it chimed with what many Labour MPs think.
13:26
PMQs - Snap verdict: A PM’s final PMQs is essentially a leaving do and, like most leaving dos, they are often thick with hypocrisy - effusive tributes from people who have been wanting you gone for years.
There was a whiff of that today, but what was striking about most of the tributes paid to Theresa May, from MPs from all sides, was their focus on her sense of public duty. The legislative achievements of her three-year premiership are almost non-existent, she failed to deliver Brexit, but even her critics accept (mostly) that she is motivated by a sense of public service and that she is dogged in the face of adversity, and this is what people raised repeatedly this afternoon.
In normal circumstances this would not really merit noting (you would expect the prime minister to be a person of integrity), but with Boris Johnson about to become prime minster, these virtues might soon seem more of a rarity.
Various MPs tried to get May to criticise her successor, but largely May refused to engage with this line of attack at all, except perhaps in her peroration, which if you were being mischievous you could read as a coded attack on the notion of proroguing parliament to facilitate a no-deal Brexit. (See 1.05pm.)
nstead May concentrated her fire on Jeremy Corbyn. In the course of his six questions Corbyn provided a fairly comprehensive list of May’s policy failures, broken promises, and ideas lifted from Labour.
But May’s final jibe about how it was time for Corbyn to consider standing down too was an effective riposte, principally because it chimed with what many Labour MPs think.
Jul 24, 2019 -- 1:35PM, Crisp77 wrote:
May predicted to make a fortune advertising the Tesco Meal Deal
I don't get it ???
But May’s final jibe about how it was time for Corbyn to consider standing down too was an effective riposte, principally because it chimed with what many Labour MPs think.
True dat!
Is May part of the Labour friends of Israel too?
True dat!
Is May part of the Labour friends of Israel too?
Jul 24, 2019 -- 1:42PM, Crisp77 wrote:
Make your own lunch?
Doesn't Philip do that ?
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