{"id":122062,"date":"2023-12-06T12:49:06","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T12:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/?p=122062"},"modified":"2023-12-06T12:49:06","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T12:49:06","slug":"angela-rayner-looks-unimpressed-as-commons-erupts-at-rishi-sunaks-pmqs-swipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottontailsonline.com\/politics\/angela-rayner-looks-unimpressed-as-commons-erupts-at-rishi-sunaks-pmqs-swipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Angela Rayner looks unimpressed as Commons erupts at Rishi Sunak&#8217;s PMQs swipe"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Rishi Sunak mocks Keir Starmer with Angela Rayner dig in PMQs<\/h3>\n<p>Rishi Sunak took a brutal swipe at Sir Keir Starmer for praising Margaret Thatcher rather than his own deputy Angela Rayner during a rowdy PMQs.<\/p>\n<p>The Labour leader infuriated some within his party after using an interview over the weekend to pay tribute to the former Conservative prime minister.<\/p>\n<p>Tory MP Michael Fabricant raised Sir Keir&#8217;s praise of Baroness Thatcher in a question to Mr Sunak.<\/p>\n<p>In response, the Prime Minister said: &#8220;I am always happy to welcome new Thatcherites from all sides of this House.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But it does say something about the Leader of the Opposition that the main female strong leader that he can praise is Margaret Thatcher and not his own fantastic deputy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/139\/590x\/secondary\/Rishi-Sunak-5101955.jpg?r=1701865610414\"><\/p>\n<p>It comes after the Labour leader praised Baroness Thatcher in an apparent bid to woo Tory voters.<\/p>\n<p>In an article for the Sunday Telegraph, he named the ex-Conservative politician alongside former Labour prime ministers Tony Blair and Clement Attlee.<\/p>\n<p>Sir Keir said: &#8220;Every moment of meaningful change in modern British politics begins with the realisation that politics must act in service of the British people, rather than dictating to them.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Margaret Thatcher sought to drag Britain out of its stupor by setting loose our natural entrepreneurialism.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But Sir Keir&#8217;s comments prompted mocking from Conservative MPs.<\/p>\n<p>He also infuriated some on the left of his party with the tribute, while Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf said his remarks were &#8220;an insult&#8221; to Scotland.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/path> <\/path> <\/g> <defs> <clippath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"><\/rect> <\/clippath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Support fearless journalism<\/li>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/path> <\/path> <\/g> <defs> <clippath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"><\/rect> <\/clippath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Read The Daily Express online, advert free<\/li>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/path> <\/path> <\/g> <defs> <clippath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"><\/rect> <\/clippath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Get super-fast page loading<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/logo\/logo-premium-subscription.png\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/politics\/1842634\/Angela-Rayner-Rishi-Sunak-PMQs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rishi Sunak mocks Keir Starmer with Angela Rayner dig in PMQs Rishi Sunak took a brutal swipe at Sir Keir Starmer for praising Margaret Thatcher rather than his own deputy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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