Rishi Sunak’s PMQs maths joke backfires as he gets Keir Starmer’s age wrong

Rishi Sunak was left embarrased after taking a jibe at the Labour leader’s maths only to get his age wrong, leaving Labour MPs in the House of Commons in fits of laughter.
During Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday Sir Keir Starmer told Mr Sunak that Labour’s NHS workforce plan is fully funded by scrapping the “non-dom status that he so adores”.
“Non-dom” is short for non-domiciled individual and is a British tax status that allows a person who was born in another country, or if their parent is from another country, to pay tax in the UK only on their UK income.
“You know the one, the non-dom tax thing as he calls it that allows some of the wealthiest people in the country to avoid paying tax here”, Mr Starmer said.
“Is that loophole so important to him that he’d rather have billions in unfunded promises then simply making billionaires pay what they owe?”
The Prime Minister replied: “The same policy that I think has paid for five different things at this point. Everybody knows I’m a fan of doing maths to 18 but the honourable gentleman makes very a strong case for doing maths all the way to 61.”
His joke received laughs and jeers from Tory MPs but it backfired, with Mr Starmer pointing out that he was incorrect about his age.
Mr Starmer replied: “If he’s so good at maths, he’d know I’m 60 not 61” which was met with laughter from the Labour benches.
Mr Starmer and Mr Sunak clashed over the economy and NHS staff shortages and wait times, with Mr Sunak accusing Labour of going for “superficial headlines” while the Government planned an “actual reform” of the health system.

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[markjennings]

These are our leaders . Trading insults and boosting their egos whilst the world burns .

[Darren-fmpe]

You need to be a hard man to run a country so the country doesnt get bullied by foreign leaders, and also be prepared to fight in order to defend it. The Tories are neither of these things!

[DavidBrown-srdi]

Just get rid of Rishi, just do the Maths

[olafhenson]

Brexit worked perfectly for the EU. They welcomed a load of new business from the UK, and got rid of the most troublesome member.

[philipmolyneux]

I use to watch the muppets, they were far more serious.

[Nottslive]

Omg w need starmer in charge immediately. He’s got such strong charisma and bloody hell Whenever you see him and sunak in the parliament you can’t help but to think he is the PM not sunak

[barryispuzzled]

ITV debate 4 June. The presenter Julie Etchingham was too weak. Sunak tried to take over the questioning to Starmer and she wasn't tough enough to shut him down. What was needed was mic switches so she could turn their speeches off so they couldn't be heard if they tried to dominate.

[saadsalleh]

He sunak does not speak his heart n mind but only illudion.

[raymondwilson]

Would love to see Rishi sitting a higher tier GCSE maths exam…

[DailyCorvid]

One cannot be counted on, and the other cannot count. What a pickle this country is in!

[williambackhouse]

Barney rubble is still alive and kicking😅

[Sophiex]

I don't see how this is getting it wrong... So Keir Starmer is 60, Rishi Sunak says maybe he should be advocating for maths until 61 i.e. Starmer should still be studying maths.

[David-ttmt]

Great to see them having a laugh at the expense of the general public. Who cares what age Kar Steamer is, when he and they are all acting like irresponsible children.

[tomosa]

Sad that they're paid to hurl pointless abuse at each other, for absolute zero gains. How can this way of governing, from 2-300 years ago, work today? No way man. Especially when we have clowns like this trying to wreck sxxt up.

[haymish]

When did getting someone's age wrong become math's

[MAGAted]

are we sure, rodney is known as an inveterate liar (owen jones) ?

[shakers]

He's 61 in September, close enough for me. How about a clip of the Sunak joke about Starmer ungluing himself from the fence. The best joke in a while, only bettered by the cracker from Mhairi Black.

[matthewleitch]

Kier Starmer is 60. This is a matter of knowledge rather than maths. I had to look it up on the internet, even though I'm very good at maths, because I have no idea when Starmer was born. The whole exchange is a waste of time and air by both men.

[vinay]

Not really, maybe Starmer needs an extra year of study 😁

[Maggy]

How can anybody listen to this noise 😫