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Tory frontbencher Burghart and Rayner have a fiery exchange at PMQs
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11/20/2024
Tory MP Alex Burghart went up against Deputy PM Angela Rayner at Prime Minister’s Question on today.The shadow chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster is stood in for Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch.
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It was his government that crashed the economy, that saw inflation rise to 1.1% and growth
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flatline. It was his government that spent the reserves three times over. I take no lessons
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from the honourable gentleman.
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I understand why the right honourable lady doesn't want to answer questions about the
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terrible choices the government have made. It's because the truth is ugly. The truth
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is that this is a punishment meted out to people who don't vote Labour. It's the same
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punishment meted out to parents who send their children to private schools. It's the same
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punishment meted out to the owners of small businesses, terrified about national insurance
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contributions. And it's the same punishment meted out to pensioners who can't afford to
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pay their fuel this winter. Isn't it the truth, Mr Speaker, that if you don't vote Labour,
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they don't care about you?
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There will be more. There will be more. And it won't be what you want more of, Deputy
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Prime Minister.
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Well, Mr Speaker, after that display, he clearly didn't recognise the result of the general
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election. And it's learned nothing. While this government has been fixing the mess that
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they left, the Conservatives have been desperately trying to rewrite history. They come here
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every week jumping on a new bandwagon, taking a new pot shot, but absolutely no word on
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what they'll do differently. Last week, the Leader of the Opposition admitted she supported
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Labour's plans to invest in NHS, schools and homes. But what they want is all the benefits
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of the budget, Mr Speaker. But I have no idea how they'll pay for it. Mr Speaker, the faces
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may change, but it's the same old Tory party. Straight back to putting everything on their
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credit card, spending their reserves three times over. We took the difficult decisions
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to fix the £22 billion black hole that they left behind. And while they're reinventing
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the past, we're investing in the future.
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