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HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister’s answer has a big hole in it. We have had lockdowns for the past two years; two crimes that people could commit were online fraud and throwing parties. So far…09 Feb 2022HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister can bluff and bluster all he likes. The reality is this. On top of the Tory tax rises, on top of the soaring prices, the loan shark Chancellor and his unwitting…09 Feb 2022HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister clearly hasn’t got the first clue what the Chancellor has signed him up to, so let me help him out. His plan is to hand billions of pounds of taxpayers’ cash to…09 Feb 2022HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister’s anti-fraud Minister quit, saying that the failure of Government to tackle fraud was “so egregious” that he had to “smash some crockery to get people to take…09 Feb 2022HANSARDEngagementsFollowing your opening remarks, Mr Speaker, I want to say to Government Members that theirs is the party of Winston Churchill. Our parties stood together as we defeated fascism in…02 Feb 2022HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister might want to sharpen how he answers questions under interview; he is going to need to in the next few weeks. Waste and low growth explain why we have high…02 Feb 2022HANSARDEngagementsFor all the bluster, the truth is that the Conservative party is the party of high taxes because it is the party of low growth; it is the party of high taxes because it is the…02 Feb 2022HANSARDSpeaker’s StatementOn a point or order, Mr Speaker. Since the sudden passing of our friend Jack, tributes from every walk of life have captured the essence of the man we knew and loved: larger than…02 Feb 2022HANSARDEngagementsThe UK has suffered the worst economic crisis in the G7. The Prime Minister has more chance of persuading the public that he did not hold any parties than he has of persuading…02 Feb 2022HANSARDEngagementsIt is not just the national insurance rise. Thresholds for income tax frozen—a stealth tax on working people. The threshold for tuition fees frozen—a stealth tax on working…02 Feb 2022HANSARDEngagementsLots of words, lots of bluster, but no answers. A word of warning, Prime Minister: that will not work with the police. I will tell the Prime Minister why the Government are…02 Feb 2022HANSARDSue Gray ReportI would like to thank Sue Gray for the diligence and professionalism with which she has carried out her work. It is no fault of hers that she has only been able to produce an…31 Jan 2022HANSARDSue Gray ReportThey have spent weeks fraying the bond of trust between the Government and the public, eroding our democracy and the rule of law. Margaret Thatcher once said: “The first duty of…31 Jan 2022HANSARDEngagementsHaving got the material from Sue Gray, the police had to take a decision as to whether what they had before them were the “most serious and flagrant” types of breaches of the…26 Jan 2022HANSARDEngagementsCutting the tax? [ Laughter. ] The police say the evidence meets the test. Frankly, the public have made up their minds. They know the Prime Minister is not fit for the job. That…26 Jan 2022HANSARDEngagementsI think the Prime Minister said yes, he agrees that the code does apply to him. Therefore, if he misled Parliament, he must resign. On 1 December, the Prime Minister told this…26 Jan 2022HANSARDEngagementsThe reality is that we now have the shameful spectacle of a Prime Minister of the United Kingdom being subject to a police investigation, unable to lead the country and incapable…26 Jan 2022HANSARDEngagementsThis is the guy who said that, in hindsight, he now appreciates it was a party. We have discovered the real Captain Hindsight, have we not? Let me spell out the— [ Interruption. ]…26 Jan 2022HANSARDEngagementsI join the Prime Minister in his comments in relation to Bloody Sunday. The ministerial code says that: “Ministers who knowingly mislead Parliament will be expected to offer their…26 Jan 2022HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister’s continual defence is, “Wait for the Sue Gray report.” On 8 December, he told this House: “I will place a copy of the…report in the Library of the House of…26 Jan 2022