Full exchange: Keir Starmer grills Rishi Sunak on honours list at PMQs

Watch the full exchange as Keir Starmer grilled Rishi Sunak on the honours list at PMQs.

The Labour leader challenged the prime minister to explain why the Tory party had spent “then last week arguing over which of them gets a peerage”.

“Is he so tough, why didn’t he block it?” Sir Keir asked – before saying honours should be for “public service, not Tory cronies”.

Mr Sunak insisted that he had followed “due process and convention” – before lashing out at Labour for nominating former deputy leader Tom Watson for a peerage.

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[diabediabira]

Sunak always say he will delivery something to the british people.We can"t see anything.
He promished less immigration but we never had so many migrants.

[brianparsons]

torys always blame someone else even if when in goverment

[JohnCashin]

Not claiming to be a body language expert or anything but I get a very strong impression that Penny Mordaunt's not with Rishi at all. Like, she's with him but she's not WITH HIM, if you know what I mean.

[inspiremanagement]

Oh my days Sunak
Ur delivering or u have delivered nothing just words words words 🤔

[AH-hzxc]

Government more concerned with funding Ukraine not helping us with our mortgages

[typhoon]

How can this bunch of million... Ney Billionaires! ever expect to send our Forces to war in the future! Who are we fighting for??

[LayLoow]

What on earth is this…looks like a room full of hyenas

[sturdywordy]

Yes and so he should, that's what our Parliament is for? Actually as our employees voters should be to regularly grill our Parliamentarians

[kablmuk]

Desperation seeping from every Conservative seat in that house. They need to hurry up and jog on 🎉

[kazkhan]

As always. Sunak didn’t answer a single question, maybe he needs an interpreter 🙄

[pebs]

Play ground mentality from both parties. Shame on Britain's politics it's a bloody joke..
Neither gives a toss to the financial hardship working families are facing. The UK needs a political reform and these privileged corrupt clowns need to be ousted from Parliament once and for all.

[williamsafari]

another 1600 economic migrants invaded us this week and THESE are talking about who gets a honour

[vladislav]

👿🗣grob yja stalera delaiyt dlia tibia !

[vladislav]

👿🗣yja shlifyiyt!patom lakirovanii zdelaiem!

[andymac]

Did you drop the Sir from 'Sir Keir Starmer' to avoid people pointing out the hypocrisy? 😂 Hes an elite establishment stooge, not a man of the people.

[chrisgriffin]

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