The full exchange: Keir Starmer takes on Boris Johnson over lockdown party scandal
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- Опубликовано: 18 янв 2022
- Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer have engaged in a heated exchange at this week's PMQs, in a week where the prime minister is facing pressure from several MPs to resign.
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer asked the prime minister when he first became aware that any of his staff had "concerns" about the gathering in the Downing Street garden on 20 May 2020.
Sir Keir said: "Not only did he write the rules, but some of his staff say they did warn him about attending the party on 20 May 2020.
"Now, I have heard the prime minister's very carefully crafted response to that accusation. It almost sounds like a lawyer wrote it. So, I'll be equally careful with my question. When did the prime minister first become aware that any of his staff had concerns about the 20 May party?"
Mr Johnson replied: "It is for the inquiry to come forward with an explanation of what happened", adding: "I am afraid he simply must wait."
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Parliament is literally a stand up comedy show
Everywhere in Europe...
It literally is. From both sides. School children are taught better than this to have a discussion.
In terms of this I’m 100% with Keir. Boris needs to go.
@@jamesmetcalfe9554 yeah my year 8s can hold a much more respectful debate than this. It is pretty embarrassing to be trying to teach students to work hard and be kind when their Prime Minister does the opposite.
@@gaborpok3616 in every country.
@@alissonlares2926 Thank you!
“It almost sounds like a lawyer wrote it” gold.
I am not sure why he said that. I didnt get it. Can you explain. I know kier is a lawyer but ...
@@adamsmith6594 because it implies that he had to get legal help to not incriminate himself by distinctly not apologising for anything.
@@adamsmith6594 it's humorous because Kier Starmer himself is a former lawyer 😄
@@adamsmith6594 It means he couldnt just answer him self as an innocent man, but needed to get legal help and protection, because hes afraid to incriminate himself, which suggests hes guilty and scared.
@@jeffreylebowski4927 @Sam N @YOUR'E FIRED Right thanks guys. I knew Kier was a lawyer but wasn't sure what he was implying. Of course it makes sense and even more so now. He must have had the heads up from the police too.
‘Bring your own boos’ is a solid joke. He just won me over.
I only just got the double meaning there!
His best comeback to date!
They both useless parties
It could have been delivered better...but nonetheless good one👍🏻
Headline of Private Eye!
Boris speaks just like Indian and Pakistani politicians.... You ask about vegetables his answer is in desserts 😂😂😂
your a racists....Boris is the best
@@MM-og7iy ........ you're......... Grammar police out
Why's Boris Johnson called 'The Lion of UK' by Tory landlords? Some people totally trash talk him calling him 'The Barbarian King', he himself says he's 'The god of North Wind'. One thing's for certain he enjoys mixed opinion among the masses, like 'William the Conqueror' and 'Charles the Bad'. He got votes because Tories promised war with France but ended up with silly lockdowns, he surely did side kicked France out of the august alliance of AUKUS. But would he invade France? And can he kick China out of the South China sea and muscle Russians out of Ukraine???
Simple cause they learned from the British :)
"Bring your own boos"
"We delivered while they dithered. We vaccinated while they vacillated"
British politicians > American rappers
"We partied while they ... dartied"?
@@al_5655 We partied while they dallied!
@@samg.5165 Hopefully he'll be sacked cos he was facked
@@al_5655 Nice one. Can't really comment on that though, since I don't know much about British politics. But he does sound like a first class hypocrite, unless there's something I'm missing in this story.
@@al_5655 There's no quim likes to party like the quim down in Darty!
I love this. An awesome break from the ridiculousness happening here in America.
Welcome to the British Parliamentary style debate in the House of Commons Chamber.
It is lively with strict rules and codes of conduct, e.g. you cannot directly use the word 'lie'. Notice the words, 'excuses', 'unbelievable', 'twisting the truth' or 'the general public will think he is lying' will be carefully crafted into adversarial debates. Parody, sarcasm and ridicule are encouraged to season the argument. Enjoy from across The Pond!
Welcome...Enjoy 🤣 UK
I know, hey. Can't believe that a human wet fart like Johnson can be the PM of a 1st world country.
Haha welcome! 🇬🇧
This is like episodes of Fraggle rock. 🤣
We had enormous fun, mixed with terror watching trump rip American status to shreds. I knew it could never recover and its not. How could it? Four years of insanity.
For pure comical purposes, I'd love to see Johnson and Trump get into an argument. Probably end with hairstyle insults.
BoJo may look like Trump, but he is clearly wiser/more cunning than Trump. It'll be a no contest.
Its about time he actually answered the questions.
Still needs to.
You sound as ridiculous as the opposition leader 🙄
He precisely answered ZERO questions. Holy, what a weak leader.
I love their exchange, how they just duke it out face to face.
Agree with you!
Not exactly the thing i noticed is Boris couldn't look the other guy in the eye every time he was asked a question when he stood up 80% of his focus was on his own party. But pure comedy 🤣 😂
aidan mulligan not at his party, rather at the speaker I believe. He addresses the speaker in most of his speeches.
13:23 "Mr Speaker, I'll tell you what this government has been doing to look after the people of this country, throughout this pandemic and beyond..."
From the crowd: "Bugger all!"
haha nice catch that cracked me up
Last 12 years they've been actively killing ppl with policy. Knowingly, willingly and admittedly.
They are all guilty of mass murder.
@@DJWESG1 Tory hands are soaked with the blood of this country
@@DJWESG1 You support an extremist organisation. You really cannot talk.
@@JoshNunnyt what extremist organisation are you talking about?
I’ve never heard a public servant bungle through questions and make the same comment over and over again. Boris Johnson, you are an absolute disgrace. Nurses, midwives, doctors, care workers, paramedics, police, fire services and super market staff weren’t able to relax and party the night away last Christmas or just before the royal funeral.
How anyone can support this man after all this is beyond me. The conservatives did not vaccinate the country, an over worked, under appreciated and strained NHS did the hard work.
If any other staff members were to flagrantly breach rules like this government, they wouldn’t have to resign, they would be sacked on the spot. Even your own party are defecting due to your insane attempts to justify and lie about is a telling sign you can’t be trusted
Absolutely yet shamefully spot on.
Seeing as Boris is asking for us to wait for Sue Gray's findings... if she finds that the parties were illegal and there were wrong doings...will he resign?!
When hell freezes over
Naa, it ain't going to happen. The fiasco will continue in Downing St! Doris has absolutely no conscience, no morals and no scruples...he is a carbon copy of trump!
Kier Starmer also broke the rules with a pint in his hand so I guess he will have to resign too ?!?!
No senior, career-minded employee, tasked by his or her own boss to investigate their workplace's boss and her colleagues, would write any condemning report. She knows which side the bread is buttered.
No
The walls are closing in mate. Give it up - no one believes a word you say. You're done.
Keir starmer is absolutely loving this hahaha
He shouldn't be, it isn't funny. We are watching a fascist dictatorship take hold and the worst part is it's filled absolute donkeys. We are a joke.
@@DdotRay86 its gotten to that point where its so ridiculous that all you can do is laugh really!
I don’t like him or trust him!!!!
Of course he is, if there not laughing at Bolo they would be laughing at him, and to be honest Keir is more of a clown
@@roxanaandrews2884 Lot more trustworthy than bojo
As a British person I have zero trust in this government and it’s leader.. from million pound contracts to their pals and the constant lies.. fit and proper ? I think not. resignation is the only option for him now surely
Are any governments trustworthy?? Your deluded if you think that
'doesn't matter who you vote for the government get in' it makes 0 difference who's prime minister as they are just a puppet anyway
Sir Keir Smart Arse Starmer is not trustworthy. Sir Keir seemed confused about what event he was at, was it a party or a "work meeting"?. Sophie Raworth interviewed Sir Keir about his "work meeting" and he was all over the place, it was comedy gold. The interview is on RUclips.
oi oi fish n chips mate crumpets and tea
Keir Starmer has just gained a new voter and supporter. He totally runs rings around Boris here. The wrong man is the prime minister
Rubbish Boris is the best. Labour will destroy this Country
@@MM-og7iy any more so than the Tories already have?
It’s the policies that count. Starmer would have never got the vaccines done or rightly ended lockdown early.
Don't forget Keir is unable to tell a man from a women. If you want more men in dresses running this country into the ground, vote Liebour.
@@ZerubbabeMinistries2002 based off what? Your dopey opinion? Boris is an embarrassment around the world. You obviously don't give two shits about your own people dying because of this clown's lack of leadership
Domestic violence rose by 60% during the lockdown, did the Conservatives put any measures in to deal with this ? No. They only care for themselves. Boris Johnson also speaks so highly of the nhs, the same company he is currently trying to privatise
sad
Yes they did the ask ANI service is now in over 50% of pharmacies
history will need to show that we never allowed this horror to perpetuate ever again
A-bloody-men to that
It was just a global experiment
@@poisonivy9820 the problem with this theory is that it requires world leaders to be intelligent and cooperative
Why is he carrying this burden all by himself. Was he alone in that party why are others not being told off.? This is not fare. Where are other elephants?
@@celticcheetah6371 not really, it requires the people to be stupid and gullible
The barber who cut Boris’s hair should be taken up under the trade description act.
🤣🤣🤣
Barber you say,hes hairstyle resembles all in government,a bloody mess.
That's what happens when you get too pissed and pass out at a party. Carry was drawing his eyebrows on this morning.
He combs it with a balloon.
It's like a butter knife was used to cut his hair.
Keir Starmer is on fire here. He's actually quite funny.
Yeah, for once he made me laugh
@@Gert-DK For a one trick pony, Captain Hindsight made me smile, him doing the same thing with his staff made me laugh out at his hypocrisy.
@@davidgrahambrown3793 Check date for Starmers gathering, and what did the law say then?
@@Gert-DK Sir Keir has called the Government “dangerous” and “heartless” for holding parties during lockdown.
Yet, on 30th April 2021, when indoor gatherings were banned by law, my friends filmed him at a house party in Durham (with Mary Foy MP).
@@davidgrahambrown3793 you a tory supporter? you're just as bad as him.
It would be handy if there were subtitles when BoJo speaks lol
Only so many times you can read the word "waffle"
Do you think there is anybody who can translate him?
It's Boris. He never finishes a sentence or a job. It's a wonder he's a father 🤔
they would just read, REPEATEDLY TALKS SHIT
I’ll translate -
Ahem, Uh mr Speaker Uh I have Uh Across The Government Have uh…
Watching Johnson grinning and looking at his watch showing boredom with it all shows his apologies mean nothing. Horrible man!!
Brilliant performance by kier Starmer
For first time Boris have one opposition speaker strongly more ironic than himself.
I am not surprised. I always thought he had strength. It is just that we haven't realised it yet.
Oh Guy Fawkes, we really need you now!
I love the quote by the late, great Tony Benn. He said of Guy Fawkes "He was the only person to go into Parliament with good intentions".
Cutting crime? Might that not be because he bloody locked us all up 🤦🏽♀️
Yeah I personally have been struggling due to the lockdown. I mean how the fuck are you suppose to break into someone's house if they are always home?
He's been adding to it with his illicit parties
Finally, someone told him not to keep talking evasive nonsense, but to answer the question, he's been asked 🙄
He is relying so heavily on "the outcome of this enquiry"
I bet you my last cup of tea it comes out that he did not break the rules.
Of course old Sue would lose her job if the answer is anything else... I expect she's got various cabinet members breathing down her neck at all times ensuring she keeps to the script
Money talks, toss bags walk
@@jamesharding4458 nah she is near to retirement anyway. I think she might go for it. The woman ran a pub in Northern Ireland for years - she has faced off tougher men than BoJo before. Come on Sue! Don’t let us down.
Yes its all a show 🙌
AND THEN WE RIOT
Fastest Growing economy in the G7, really Boris? only true if you look only at change over the most recent 12 months of data. If you look at growth over the last quarter of data (Q2 to Q3 2021), the UK places fifth. Over the course of the pandemic so far (between the fourth quarter of 2019 and the third quarter of 2021), the UK’s economy has experienced the second worst growth among the G7, contracting by 1.5%. Desperate and Pathetic and avoiding the question because we all know the truth. Kier's Boo's joke was class !!
As a working class person from the North East of England, I can quite happily say the majority of us working class cannot stand boris johnson and his lies. He needs to do the right thing and resign.
The sentiment is equally echoed here in Wales. I do have a question though, how come the Tories won so many red wall seats of traditionally centre left leaning seats in the North East? What causes some of the working class to lend their vote to them?
I’m sorry but Boris just chats shit. How can he be allowed to just stand there and lie?😂
Just like every pm that’s stood there before him tbf, nothing new here.
@@theconsistentnoddy9851 there actually is something new, previously they were held to account for their blatant lies, not pandered to and defended by the same people they are bending over in RUclips comment sections 😂😂 let me guess you don’t really like Boris much but what other choice did you have?😂😂 Corbyn?!?!😱😱😱
Because people voted for this
@@theconsistentnoddy9851 Much as I hate to defend any tories, the only PM that previously told lies of any note was Blair (to justify going to war-although he maintains he never lied). Brown, May and even Cameron were actually pretty honourable in terms of their conduct (it's May and Cameron's policies that were abhorrent).
The "They're all the same" mindset and the apathy it produces is what Boris is relying on to cling to power.
I wish this is how our Congress was. They’d be much more interesting to watch!! 🤣
Boris and his front line bench have to go ASAP
The jeering in the house of parliament is a joke. I wouldn't expect this kind of behavement from a child let alone the people in charge of this country. We need to put a law against jeering in the house of parliament and anyone who does should not be allowed to remain in the room. It's so counter-progressive. The sorority mentality of our MP's need to stop.
There is a reason why Yes Minister is the best comedy of all times. The UK House of Parliament is a full blown joke but amusing to watch, like going to a zoo and see monkeys play
Completely agree. A 100% complete ban on jeering or shouting within parliament. Punishable by a £10k personal fine and not allowed into parliament for 6 months.
Yes i was thinking the same a bunch of school kids
I couldn't agree more. I wouldn't be surprised if I were told it had been produced by Jerry Springer...
How did it get this bad. It's like bunch of kids arguing.
If the mp’s had exploding collars, and the speaker had the remote and authorisation to use it, the House of Commons would be nice, pleasant, calm, fireworks show.
"I'm not going to anticipate that enquiry" translates as I'll wait for them to find out and see if they know just how much wrong I've done...
One day we'll all realise that both of these parties are only concerned with measuring their own "successes" against each other rather than building a country the world can look to as inspiration. They sound like bickering children and it's been the same for as long as I've been alive - we need an alternative party more than ever.
Lol
Well said.
Labour have a lot of skeletons in their closet and a certain Chinese ambassador’s coins in their pockets .
spot on.... labour are a disgrace and unelectable. Sir Kneel and Miss Mong running the country? god help us
Vote monster raving loony party 😂
@@j.o.1516 Genuinely, I can't think of a single person I'd actually choose to have run the country at this point. They're all so far removed from the real world. Just look what happens when they're asked a simple yes/no question on TV lol..
Didn't actually answer the question, just deflected. He should resign now, enough is enough.
✨I know, he just deflected, and made excuse after excuse. The whole tory government needs to resign
He never answers a question. His response is always the same, he is incapable of answering as he knows he is in the wrong.
Neither answer the question. Listen closely and you’ll see both do the same thing
I don't think I have ever heard a UK politician so out of touch.
Oh he knows, but denial and dismissing is the narcissistics only recourse
We have an enquiry !! If someone told the truth we wouldn’t need one would we.
I can’t believe he’s trying to big himself up 🤦🏽♀️ people died without seeing their families, the elderly were imprisoned in care homes, in solitary confinement, unable to see their families during what for many were the last few months of their lives. And he was boozing it up, then he has the Gaul to say he didn’t know they were breaking the rules, the same rules he came up with 🤦🏽♀️ I’m glad this is finally falling apart, I always hoped this would fall through thanx to the morons we have in power. Well done Boris 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
The problem is they're focussing on those 'parties' and not the inhumane RULES they imposed. Keir and the Labour party are no different. FYI Keir was also caught having booze ups!
Well, what Boris did was wrong, but would not have made any change in their lives!
@@long_one5491 Have to agree with you!!! Such hypocrisy !!!!!
@@long_one5491 I have spent the past couple of years complaining about the dictatorial rules that have been wrongfully imposed on us, this is a poetic end to a pile of 💩
I was watching documentary about monkeys and when it ended you tube recommended me this video about UK politics 🤣
you could tell the difference?
Lol.
This is just part two
i’m a malaysian but this mp is brilliant. i lol during his speech as it hits boris at
all corners 😂
What a joke of a government!
One that bombs every night ..
#KICKBORISOUT
Guy's take it easy on the man, at least his investigating himself 🤔
Does Boris think if he shakes his head enough he can stop this happening 😂
It's interesting that he mentions trust when that is the very thing he himself has severely undermined.
The thing is Boris, whatever good you may have done for the country (!!!!) you're guilty of misleading parliament (in my opinion) A few weeks back you stood there and told the country how upset and angry you had been after hearing of the parties held at no. 10...... yet it has since come to light that you attended a party at no.10 and that's a sackable offence.
- After 40 years of voting Conservative, you've lost my future vote. Up yours Mr Johnson.
Boris is out of his depth sparing with Mr Starmer on this occasion. His deflections are pathetic we hear youth unemployment, how many houses he has built, how many boosters he has given! Yet answer the question about the Downing Street never ending party and he is stuttering & tongue twisted. Mr never held an honest job down without cheating is out of his depth.
Delivered. He sounded pathetic.
Ok that was friggin hilarious. I wonder how long he's had that in his pocket just waiting for the best opportunity to use it.. I mean a joke like that, you don't want to waste it..
Should People Power marching to ask him for RESIGN?!?!
"How Are You?"
"The weather is fine today."
"What is your name?"
"Tomatoes are on sale in the corner store."
Watching bojos career fall apart is beautiful.!!!! Now I want to see him stripped of his wealth and made to work for a living like a normal person.
It’s really embarrassing that the people that lead the country chant like they’re at a football match
This is true. Everyone else in this comment section seem entertained. It is actually quite sad.
No one told me the rules...
Cracking a joke in parliament is like Voldemort joking with his death eaters
Parliament conduct its self in a dinosaur manner and need to evolve how they debate, it’s petty and embarrassing
I'm sure dinosaurs were more educated than these "politicians".
No it suits them, cause they're all clowns.
@@anointedone4775 Well at least clowns make us laugh 'cause it's their job...
BJ just repeating himself because he has no response in defence lol
I love that this manner of conversing still exists like the old UK. America is way too strict
starmer was biding his time , he’s going for it now
What a shambles of a place are you really telling me Scotland can’t do better on its own.
Maybe not. Brexit happened because the tories agreed to get out of the EU and deal with the fact they didn't agree on anything else after. What unites the SNP other than wanting out of the UK? It may be in their political interest to never be allowed to gain independence just to keep the party together.
@@HighlyImprobableName The notion that the S.N.P. don’t want independence is as laughable as the thought that an independent Scotland can’t make its own way in the world much the same as other similar sized countries.
@@Bobbob-qe7pf good job convincing the majority of the English Scotland can manage on its own. They need England because of all the... um... Scotland needs England because... look just shut up, thats why.
@@Bobbob-qe7pf The fastest way for you nationalists to gain independence is to allow England to vote for independence. Instead the world believes Scotland is being held against their own will(55-45 either way at the next Indyref vote) when in reality England would never have voted to remain in the UK if given the chance.
Poor little Scotland nonsense is one of the biggest lies going around. Let England vote and then we'll see who's holding who against their own will, England would vote to kick Scotland out but thankfully Westminster isn't stupid enough to weaken ALL home nations by facilitating independence votes in any home country. All it does is weaken us to China and Russia's benefit
What a circus. I now realize how well we are off with our boring German parliament.
Laugh in Denmark.
What a wreck of a man.
End of the road for Boris...
1:28 Bring your own booze 1:30 Sir Keir's 😁. Ah bless got me in stitches!
Boos, as in "boooo"
@@okok72277 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@okok72277 double entendre.
I'd love to know where these by 40 new hospitals are ? And if there is this huge drop in crime then how did we just brake the record for the most teens murdered in a year not to mention the rise in illegal immigration
"he,uh,ah,he will have to wait..." 😂
A bunch of corrupt criminal liars
“Nobody believes what you say” hahaha im very new to living in the UK and finding out pmqs exists has been the highlight of the month, such a good comedy show
Every Wednesday too😂😂😂😂
Welcome! Hope you're coping okay with the inflation and heat.
In the best language I can muster Liar Liar Pants on Fire!
Rules for THEE, But not for ME.....SMFH!
Keir is looking less like an opposition leader and more like a prime minister each day
More than 150,000 people died, and this guy is laughing in parliament. God saves uk
Is that with or from covid? Should China get the blame also?
@@Cripinub1 from covid. who need to take responsibility for the deaths. i believe people at the top. He is taking credit for the vaccine and booster roll out right, in the same way he need to take credit for the deaths.
@@Cripinub1 did he stopped the planes from the origin of virus to Uk. NO right, so he is inviting virus to uk at the cost of people death.
A full house ! They all wanna see boris squirm
Stop being absurd, Boris and take a walk while you still can.
How did an eejit like Johnson become prime minister of the UK? It boggles the mind
Our economy is soo good we're all experiencing inflation everywhere
I love how UK politics are much more civil compared the the US’s politics
Enquiry please
Arrest all of these criminals.
As Michael Winner used to say in the TV commercial, "calm down Boris" LOL!
Boris has no honour nor integrity, so he will never do the honourable thing and step down. Having said that, Starmer is a fkn awful leader and needs to go too.
Non of them do
This is as amusing as 2 kids arguing over who's toy is in the sandpit ... 😉
bunch of jokers
Sue Grays report will be that he breached the rules. But Boris will have the final say. Let that sink in Boris cowardly sheep
Nobody told me 🤣🤣🤣🤣 How old is Boris Johnson 5
I love this! I wish we had this here.
Where ?
ho was i at a party i did not know the rules i just make them . WHAT A TOTAL MUPPET.
What’s the point of PMQ If he isn’t required to address any of the questions and can just start talking about unrelated topics.
So Sorry Mr Johnson deliberately by passing to answer the question was asked.
Wow if we could only do this for the “rules for thee, not for me” crowd over here in the US.
Mr speaker I’m waiting for someone to write my excuse
So primal, it's like a bunch of tribes!
We Europeans are tribes and descendants of savages, as his can reveal, right? 🤣🤣🤣🤣I guess ignorance is bliss, eh?🤣🤣🤣
Pretty much the same as in football matches were fans chuck stuff at players because their feelings got hurt.
We pay them for this?
Bunch if little kids jeering at each other lol
0:55 sounded similar to palpatine when he was announcing a safe empire once he got emergency powers xD
Wheeleded?
1. Why are the met police waiting for this Sue Gray report before launching their own? Why are our leaders being held to a different standard of law than the rest of the country? 2. Labours plan is pathetic. VAT cut will do nothing. Nationalised Energy is what we want and need.
Guess the vat cut was just brought up, full knowingly that the tories will vote it down to expose their lies.
Met police had to let people into no.10 for the parties. They're complicit.
OMG I wouldn't usually praise Kier Starmer but he was ON FORM today 🤣
Boris is just embarrassing....
He needs to stand down as much as Boris does. Pot kettle black.