SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn had most of the Commons on stitches this lunchtime with a hilarious but brutal joke poking fun at both Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer.
Mr Flynn tore into Labour frontbenchers’ recent praising of Margaret Thatcher, after both Rachel Reeves and David Lammy echoed the Iron Lady this week.
The party leader quipped: “With his backbenchers looking for a unity candidate to replace him, which of the now numerous born-again Thatcherites on the Labour frontbench does he believe best fits the bill?”
Rishi Sunak struggled to answer as he laughed at the gag from the dispatch box, alongside Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch who was also seen chortling.
The Prime Minister wasted no time in turning the quip into an opportunity to attack Labour’s leadership in Birmingham, where the council’s recent bankruptcy will see the city’s services cut to a level on par with 1970s Britain before Mrs Thatcher’s revival.
Mr Sunak said: “It was surprising to hear all this talk about the 1970s from the Shadow Chancellor in particular”.
“But then if you see what’s happening in places like Birmingham, where taxes are going up by 21 percent, services are being cut – whether it’s social care, children’s services or indeed some streets literally the lights are being turned off.
“It was unsurprising to hear them talking about the 70s, and I can just say what they’ve done to Birmingham the Conservatives will never let them do to Britain!”
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