Kemi Badenoch’s embarrassing attacks on Angela Rayner

The former Secretary of State's rizz-less exchange with the new Deputy Prime Minister.

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[colinsmith]

Kemi is deeply patronising. Useless politician projecting her own failings onto Angela.

[MarkCharlesoflondon]

Gaslighting her failings on Rayner. Pathetic individual.

[bravehartley]

"I know you will be shit, because we were shit and know what it is like". Not sure this is the gotcha she thinks it is.

[notreallyNat]

Ugh her tone of voice is very condescending

[EmeraldStarryEyez]

Wow. How vapid and self obsessed was this. So cringe.

[NAjqdb]

- talks about growing up in nigeria
- complains about the effects of immigration

[ritchardwilliams]

The Speaker should intervene when the talk is just a personal attack - it should be fact based dialogue

[theghostoftom]

"She (Rayner) grew up under a conservation government providing her with welfare, a strong economy and opportunity."
No, Rayner grew up watching as those things fall apart under conservative leadership. Welfare dismantled, economy looted and opportunities dwindling.

[danielsmith]

The nerve of this woman, I wish they had been relegated to third party!

[millsey]

Why was the speaker allowing this woman to be so passive aggressive? So patronising and childish

[jeremymerrifield]

I think Bad Enoch is my least favourite Vermin . That takes a lot of arrogance, incompetence, stupidity and just plain nastiness on her behave

[nicksmith]

She should have said in spite of the conservative government.
Kemi is not a good person. Her glee is disgusting. I think that this is the most teenage bully like speech I have ever heard an MP make.

[dw-ylln]

These Tories cannot handle being in opposition. This vapid, self-congratulatory and patronising speech comes just a few days after another minister was told by the speaker that they were behaving 'Abominably' for standing up while the Labour minister was speaking.

Poor little rich boys and girls, already a week in with no attention and they're coming apart.

[chriswhite]

This spectacle was not for the benefit of her constituents or her brief, this was for the benefit of her leadership bid.

[AndyPepRock]

This was just pure cringe, she basically just said "we were bad and you'll be just as bad as us".

[NeonVisual]

I don't really think the Tories have gotten the mssage.
What happed at the general election wasn't a fluke, the UK worked together to get them out of power, and shall continue working together to do so again and again for the rest of our lives. This isn't a "political cycle", your party is done, you're wasting your time, get a proper job.

[mwd]

This is vile by even by Badenoch standards.. sneering, nasty and intimidatory. Awful.

[MrGavinBoyd]

Badenoch is only making herself look bad.

[neilfeder]

Any sane person sees this as pure desperation. The Tories are trying so hard to cling on to the illusion of power that is beyond cringe worthy.

[caitlingreen]

“Although I’m older and wiser than she is.” Was that really necessary?