There was little in the way of festive spirit in the final PMQs showdown of 2024 – aside from Ed Davey’s shoutout to the Bath Philharmonia Young Carers’ Choir, who have collaborated with the Lib Dem leader on his charity Christmas single.
Kemi Badenoch had her pick of open goals this week: the anger over the government’s decision not to compensate the so-called Waspi women over pension changes, the continued row over the Chagos islands deal, Labour’s China policy, and Keir Starmer’s looming “reset” with the EU. She pursued a scattergun approach and missed all of them.
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