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HANSARDEngagementsLet me put that straight back in its box: the Labour party showed the leadership yesterday that the Prime Minister lacks. If it was not for Labour votes, his Government would not…15 Dec 2021HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister says it is not true—he is so socially distanced from the truth that he thinks that is not true. I do not know where to start. We had better press on. We cannot…15 Dec 2021HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister is so weak that, without Labour votes last night, vital public health measures would not have got through—15 Dec 2021HANSARDEngagementsOnly last week, the Government were saying that plan B measures were not required. They are. Just like “the rail revolution for the north”, “no one will have to sell their homes…15 Dec 2021HANSARDEngagementsI think that is a no: the Prime Minister has not come up with a good answer. For weeks, he has claimed that no rules were broken. He claims that he did not know what was happening…15 Dec 2021HANSARDEngagementsWe all hope that, combined with the booster programme, plan B will be sufficient to prevent the NHS from being overwhelmed. Nobody wants to see further restrictions, but the Prime…15 Dec 2021HANSARDEngagementsThe virus is spreading once again, and lives and livelihoods are at risk. The British public are looking for a Prime Minister with the trust and the authority to lead Britain…15 Dec 2021HANSARDEngagementsCan I also wish you, Mr Speaker, everybody who works in this House and all Members a merry Christmas and a happy new year? Can I also send my congratulations to the Prime Minister…15 Dec 2021HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister apparently wants us to focus on what is happening today. There were no Government spokespersons on the media this morning—I see that the Health Secretary has…08 Dec 2021HANSARDEngagementsBut it is not just the events of a year ago, is it? We are facing a new variant. We may well be in plan B this afternoon. Even the Prime Minister must understand the damage that…08 Dec 2021HANSARDEngagementsThis pretence that further information has come to light—give me a break! The Prime Minister is still taking the public for fools. On the day of the Downing Street party, Trisha…08 Dec 2021HANSARDEngagementsAn internal investigation into what happened? The situation is as clear as day. I thought last week was bad enough; surely the Prime Minister is not now going to start pretending…08 Dec 2021HANSARDEngagementsThat is so desperate, and even the Prime Minister’s own side can see it. Last week, the Prime Minister told us there was no party. Now he thinks that there is something to…08 Dec 2021HANSARDEngagementsI heard what the Prime Minister said at the beginning of this session, but frankly it raises more questions than answers. Last week, I asked the Prime Minister: was there “a…08 Dec 2021HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister says that we should concentrate on what he is asking the country to do. We are asking the country to follow the rules. The Prime Minister does not deny that…01 Dec 2021HANSARDEngagementsWell, there we have it. The Prime Minister says, “I deny that my hospital building programme has been flagged red as unachievable, but I do not have the confidence to publish the…01 Dec 2021HANSARDEngagementsWell, this is strange, Mr Speaker, because the Government have not been denying the reports about the red flag and they have not done so since, but now the Prime Minister is.…01 Dec 2021HANSARDEngagementsMay I join the Prime Minister in his words on disability and the victims of extreme weather? May I also mark World AIDS Day? Extraordinary advances mean that people living with…01 Dec 2021HANSARDEngagementsNice try, but that won’t work. The defence seems to be that no rules were broken. Well, I have the rules that were in place at the time of the party. They are very clear that “you…01 Dec 2021HANSARDEngagementsIt is no wonder that so many Tory donors paid so much for that wallpaper last year—the Prime Minister probably told them he was building a new flat. It is the same old story from…01 Dec 2021