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Nigel Farage Criticised As Rubbish In Commons Clash
Nigel Farage was compared to “rubbish” piling up in the street by an MP in a brutal Commons slapdown.
Ayoub Khan, the independent MP for Birmingham Perry Barr, made the comment as he asked Keir Starmer to intervene to end a long-running strike by bin workers in the city.
Looking directly at the Reform UK leader, who was sitting in the row in front of him, Khan said “rubbish is building up right beneath my very nose”.
Farage sat grim-faced as MPs across the Commons roared with laughter and shouted “more”.
After a short pause, Khan went on: “It’s becoming a serious problem. In Birmingham, bin strikes are now running over close to two years.
“Can I ask the prime minister to intervene and perhaps speak to the leader of Birmingham City Council to see if he can re-enter negotiations with Unite the Union?”
Starmer said the government was “doing everything we can to resolve the situation, which absolutely needs resolving”.