The mass exit came moments after the Prime Minister labelled Nigel Farage an ‘absolute disgrace’
Reform UK MPs walked out of the House of Commons chamber during Prime Minister’s Questions after Sir Keir Starmer labelled Nigel Farage an ‘absolute disgrace’, the Mirror reports.
MPs jeered and said “bye” as they walked out at around lunchtime today (Wednesday, March 25). Tory turncoat and newbie Reform member Robert Jenrick was the last to leave as the party threw a collective tantrum this morning.
Before the exit, Mr Farage had said: “Smash the gangs. That is what the Prime Minister promised us. ‘Trust me, I will stop the boats from coming’.
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“But 70,000 later and 1,000 in the last week, and too many young men that pose a threat to national security,” Mr Farage continued. “Is it not time to admit ‘smash the gangs’ has been a total abject failure, along frankly, with most of his other policies, and isn’t it now time he told us, as summer approaches, what is Plan B?”
Sir Keir replied: “This is from the man and the party that voted against giving law enforcement counter-terrorism style powers to tackle it. So he wants a grievance, he doesn’t want it sorted.”
Moments before this exchange, the Prime Minister announced that donations in cryptocurrencies would be blocked after the Rycroft review set out the “stark threats posed by illicit finance”.
“I hope that will be welcomed across the House,” he said. “There is only one party leader who has shown he will say anything, no matter how divisive, if he is paid to do so.”
Mr Farage ignored the Sir Keir’s jibe before challenging the Labour leader over his record on small boat migrants.
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