Stephen Boakes

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[Kemi Badenoch @KemiBadenoch]

This is so good 💥

[Claire Coutinho @ClaireCoutinho]

Last night we voted against Ed Miliband’s new Net Zero target.

Why? Watch this.

Not a single Labour MP could say what it will mean for the cost of food or energy for our constituents - or for British jobs and industry.

They’re going to spend hundreds of billions of pounds of YOUR money and they didn’t even seem to care what it will mean for you.

Parliament should be better than this.

[Conservatives @Conservatives]

Labour promised their Education Tax would mean more teachers.

But that was never true. It was always about Bridget Phillipson’s class war.

Now our children are paying the price.

[Harriet Cross MP @HarrietCross_MP]

If Andy Burnham is the answer, what is the question?

We don't know where he stands on defence, on foreign policy, on energy, on farming...

He has the same Labour Party, same back benchers, same manifesto - all of which have been shown as badly wanting over the last 2 years.

[Kate Ferguson @kateferguson4]

Oooof Kemi Badenoch goes after Labour MPs next:

“Labour MPs are cheering loudly while there are 400 knives stuck in his back.”

[Michael Gove @michaelgove]

Eh? More working class kids have better qualifications and have gone to the best universities thanks to Conservative reforms….

[Iain Mansfield @IGMansfield]

Phillipson's claim that imposing VAT on private schools wasn't 'spiteful' would be more credible if she hadn't abolished the Latin Excellence Programme, canned the IB and slashed advanced maths in state schools.

A small-minded ideology obsessed with cutting down tall poppies.

[Conservatives @Conservatives]

Kemi turning up the PMQs heat to record levels 🥵

[Kemi Badenoch @KemiBadenoch]

This inquiry is a huge step towards getting to the truth, and finding accountability for survivors, including those across Keighley and Bradford.

Huge credit goes to @fionagoddarduk for her relentless courage, and to @_RobbieMoore for fighting for this.

For too long, victims have been ignored and institutions have looked the other way. There is still a long way to go - and Conservatives will never stop working with survivors, and their families, to ensure justice is served.

[Nick Timothy MP @NJ_Timothy]

These people want a medal for going to state schools and growing up working class.

Lots of us did.

But they're accountable for their policies - not what their parents did.

And their policies are devastating for social mobility. https://t.co/X92BexKh9j

[Kemi Badenoch @KemiBadenoch]

"I grew up on a council estate" is not an excuse for failure. You are sacrificing the future of generations of kids on the altar of your class envy -reversing even Labour's academy reforms.

0% of teachers think you're doing a great job. I'm not here to give you a pat on the back.
I speak for those people whose lives you're destroying and I'll NEVER stop speaking up for them.

[Madeline Grant @Madz_Grant]

@annaturley @bphillipsonMP If she's doing such a bang-up job then why do teachers overwhelmingly disagree, why are overall teacher numbers down, and why did the government feel compelled to rewrite its manifesto pledge?

[Helen Whately MP @Helen_Whately]

Kier Starmer has failed his own test of success.

Literally his words in #PMQs : “The test for every prime minister is whether they hand over the country in a better condition than they found it”.

Unemployment UP
Inflation UP
Welfare UP
Jobs DOWN
Growth DOWN

Everything WORSE.

[Priti Patel MP @pritipatel]

The thing about spiteful socialist Labour politicians, is that they have spent years dishing out their bile and gaslighting those they resent.

But when challenged to account for their crippling policies which takes away educational opportunity from children or explain why they have crushed the economy, they can’t handle it and they look to blame someone else.

[Kemi Badenoch @KemiBadenoch]

Let’s be honest, they are no longer Labour MPs.

They are Welfare MPs.

[Madeline Grant @Madz_Grant]

Note that they can only complain about hurty words, and not what was said re: falling teacher numbers, the Government quietly rewriting its education pledge and widespread dissatisfaction with Phillipson in the sector? Easier to tone-police than admit you've failed as a minister

[Lorin Bell-Cross @lorintbc]

OOOFT

Brutal from Badenoch on Ed Miliband during PMQs:

"He was a failed Labor leader, rejected by the electorate, brought back from the wilderness by this man [Starmer], and when the going got tough, he jumped into bed with the Mayor of Manchester.

It's not the first time he's betrayed someone close to him, is it?"

[Matt Vickers MP @Matt_VickersMP]

Kemi is right, @bphillipsonMP.

You promised more teachers.

There are now fewer.

That is incompetence.

[Ben Obese-Jecty MP @BenObeseJecty]

“You’re a Labour MP, and even you don’t know! The man who’s going to be the Prime Minister in three weeks time and you have no idea what he’s going to do.”

The silence from Andy Burnham is deafening. The country will have a new Prime Minister in three weeks time and the general public have no idea what the Government plans to do.

The Burnham coronation will not be received well. If he changes the direction of travel people will quickly realise that he doesn’t have a mandate.

[Tom Harwood @tomhfh]

Some politicians today are calling for 'cool hubs' - where gyms, leisure centres and libraries that have air conditioning could be opened for those baking in their homes built to retain as much heat as possible can go to shelter.

It would stick in the neck a little less if those same politicians had not spent the last two decades demanding regulations to ensure homes are stifling, have tiny windows, and delivering an effective ban on air conditioning in new homes.