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HANSARDEngagementsIt was not just the Chancellor back in September—the Prime Minister called fears about inflation “unfounded”. He was the last person to spot the cost of living crisis, just as he…25 May 2022HANSARDEngagementsSo the Prime Minister is on the side of excess profits for oil and gas companies; we are on the side of working people—there you have it. He clearly does not like me pushing him…18 May 2022HANSARDEngagementsI, too, send my best wishes to Rangers. It has been quite an extraordinary story for that football club over the last few years. A one-off tax on huge oil and gas profits would…18 May 2022HANSARDEngagementsOn the day when inflation went to 9%—the highest rate for 40 years—the least the watching public can expect is a Prime Minister who concentrates on the cost of living crisis.…18 May 2022HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister is still pretending the economy is booming. He still has his head in the sand, in the middle of an economic crisis. He keeps saying that more help is coming,…18 May 2022HANSARDEngagementsHang on; last week the Prime Minister said he will have a look at the idea, and yesterday he voted against it. Anyone picking up the papers today would think the Government are…18 May 2022HANSARDEngagementsHe just doesn’t get it, does he? He doesn’t actually understand what working families are going through in this country. They are struggling with how they are going to pay their…18 May 2022HANSARDDebate on the AddressBefore I turn to the Address, I thank His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales for delivering the Address this morning. I, too, pay tribute to Her Majesty in the year of her…10 May 2022HANSARDEngagementsIt is as if the Prime Minister is only just waking up to the cost of living crisis. And his big idea: fewer MOTs—it actually makes the cones hotline sound visionary and…27 Apr 2022HANSARDEngagementsSo the Conservatives are the party of excess oil and gas profits and we are the party of working people. This Tory Government have had their head in the sand throughout the cost…27 Apr 2022HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister sounds like the Comical Ali of the cost of living crisis. He pretends the economy is booming and where there are problems they are global, but in the real world…27 Apr 2022HANSARDEngagementsThese must be the Oxford Union debating skills we have been hearing so much about: failing to answer the question, rambling incoherently, throwing in garbled metaphors. Powerful…27 Apr 2022HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister is an ostrich, perfectly happy keeping his head in the sand. Working people are worried about paying their bills. They are spending less and cutting back. That…27 Apr 2022HANSARDEngagementsI know the Prime Minister has whipped his Back Benchers to scream and shout, and that is fine, but I hope he has also sent a clear message that there is no place for sexism and…27 Apr 2022HANSARD Referral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesIf the debate descends into a shouting match, Mr Speaker, we lose the principle that is there to defend all of us, including all the Conservative Members. We are not claiming a…21 Apr 2022HANSARD Referral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesThank you, Mr Speaker. I beg to move, That this House (1) notes that, given the issue of fixed penalty notices by the police in relation to events in 10 Downing Street and the…21 Apr 2022HANSARD Referral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesI will take the intervention from the hon. Gentleman.21 Apr 2022HANSARD Referral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesI have heard the hon. Gentleman put his case on natural justice a number of times, and of course he has every right to do so. I disagree, but that is the point of the debates we…21 Apr 2022HANSARD Referral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesI thank the right hon. Gentleman for that intervention; I will try to keep within those parameters and elevate this debate to the principles that we apply when we debate in this…21 Apr 2022HANSARD Referral of Prime Minister to Committee of PrivilegesI agree. We have a duty here today, in relation to this motion and these principles. If we fail in that duty, the public will not forgive and forget, because this will be the…21 Apr 2022