BBC Question Time audience bursts into laughter as Tory minister praises Sunak

Tory Minister Alex Burghart was slammed as 'deluded' over his praise of Rishi Sunak.Source: Question Time, BBC

Transcript

00:00 The truth is that Rishi Sunak has been doing an incredibly good job in very, very difficult circumstances.

00:07 [laughter]

00:09 You hear me out. So this has probably been...

00:12 Why do you think people are laughing?

00:17 I'm just going to finish what I'm saying.

00:19 This has been one of the most challenging parliaments I think in any of our lifetimes.

00:25 We've had the biggest health crisis in 100 years.

00:31 We've had the first war in Europe since 1945.

00:34 We've had the biggest energy crisis since the 1970s.

00:37 The highest inflation since the 1980s.

00:40 And it's been tough. It has been tough.