'All roads lead to a nasty election.' PMQs analysed | 13.09.23

'Macro-Labour strategy is to say nothing is working.'
'Sunak has a political problem with his own back benches.'
"Starmer turning on Sunak calling him 'inaction man'."
'It's a sign of Sunak floundering to release the Jeremy Corbyn comment.'
'Sunak is a politician in search of a message, a narrative.'
'Sunak cannot rely on the greatest hits of Tory policy gone by.'
'All roads lead to a nasty general election.'
'We are heading down a direction which is going to be about character.'
'The most effective message about Starmer is about vacillation.'
'It feels as if the Tories are down and out in Scotland.'

James O'Brien and Lewis Goodall dissect PMQs as Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer return.

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[knockshinnoch]

Why do we have to be force fed Laura Kunnesberg & Robert Peston when we have Lewis Goodall?

[Outside]

I wonder who Sunak thinks he is scaring with that 'Union Paymasters' line he keeps repeating? Because it shouldn't be average people.
"Be scared, the Unions are coming!"
"You mean the ones that helped us get weekends and decent work hours? Ohh... I am terrified..."

[ThomasKing]

When you watch PMQs, you quickly realise that we really are in trouble.

[geoffreybuckingham]

Lewis Goodall really is a first class political analyst. Listening to this made so many matters clear. To me, at least.

[niccolamachiavelli]

Better to have Union Paymasters than have Russian Oligarch Paymasters

[dean]

Economy shrinks 0.5 percent and It's blamed on the weather and NHS.

[weswheel]

Sunak does what he always does. His only answer is "No, you are!". It's pathetic.

[GeoffShrt]

Starmer's delivery is much improved. He no longer mangles his words.

[benglishman]

I despair to think of Conservative voters who don't think the country is going in the right direction. No doubt they will continue to vote Conservative and continue to scratch their heads.

[miketemple]

Its so funny when the Tories start talking about what Labour did in government. Like that time Labour DIDNT crash the economy and that time Labour DIDNT make self imposed trade sanctions.

[inchPunchBowl]

So Lewis thinks its a messaging problem that the Tories have? What's his suggestion, making the blatant lies a bit more palatable?

[sherazraja]

Too many mind games in politics. Please can the country have a general election.. enough of this Tory bs they need to go!

[venenareligioest]

The nastier the better! No war - only class war✊

[trevm]

Lewis said Sunak is a poltician. That statement in itself is incorrect & that is a huge part of the problem.

[davidhall]

Rishi Rich knows he and his party are toast. PMQs sounds more like a High School debating club these days.

[Govanmauler]

The tories can alway rely on English insanity

[SC-itkd]

Can the general public have a vote of no confidence in UK politics in general? We should demand a change to the entire set up

[JanAnders-khcs]

Labour is not "creating" this atmosphere of atrophy and stasis - they are highlighting and shining a light on what is really there.

[samb]

Nothing is working though, I report crimes to the police, they don't reply, I wait 6 months for a hospital appointment it gets cancel on the day, still no reschedule appointment, I try and get a new passport it takes 3 months, my road has potholes, £100 billion in lost trade per year, high taxes, nothing is working.

[jessebongo]

The only thing " nasty " about it is the candidates.