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Cabinet Minister Effortlessly Bats Back Tory Frontbencher’s Budget Complaints With 1 Key Answer

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A Labour cabinet minister skewered a Tory MP this morning when he tried to lay into the party’s Budget by reminding him of his own role in the last government.

Rachel Reeves announced she was hiking National Insurance contributions for employers in last month’s Budget as part of efforts to fill the £22bn black hole Labour says the Tories left behind in the public finances.

Shadow Commons leader Jesse Norman tried to slam Labour’s decisions today, noting there had been “no compensation whatsoever has been offered for this tax raid”.

He then bizarrely claimed the “desolate, chaotic landscape with wreckage strewn everywhere” of the film franchise Mad Max is the “perfect metaphor for the government’s recent Budget”.

But the government’s Commons leader, Lucy Powell, did not accept his criticisms.

She said: “Mr Speaker I know that the shadow leader is fairly new to opposition, like most of his colleagues, but I might gently say to him that the idea of opposition is to oppose the government not his own record and his own previous government.”

Norman held several ministerial roles in the last government, including in the Treasury under both Theresa May and Boris Johnson.

Powell continued: “When I checked the records Mr Speaker, I did notice that when his government raised NICs [in 2021], not just on businesses, but on workers as well, he was actually the financial secretary to the Treasury.

“When he defended the measure at this very despatch box, Mr Speaker, and I quote, he said it was a ‘profoundly Conservative thing to do’.

“So, he seemed to be for it then and against it now. I’m not quite sure what his position is, I’m quite confused about that.”

Labour have been reminding any Tories who held a ministerial role in the last government of their past whenever they have tried to land a blow on their new policies.

Energy secretary Ed Miliband mocked Tory frontbencher Claire Coutinho on Tuesday by telling her “the job of opposition is to oppose the government, not yourself” after she tried to criticise Labour’s carbon emissions targets.

And earlier this month, deputy PM Angela Rayner dismantled Alex Burghart when he tried to criticise the government after inflation crept up from 1.7% to 2.3% in October.

She replied: “Many people might not know that the honourable member was the minister for growth when under Liz Truss, inflation was 11.1% and growth flatlined. So we’re doing much better than he did!”

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The Tories Have Called For Another General Election Just Months After Their Landslide Defeat

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The Tories have called for another general election less than five months after their landslide defeat.

Kemi Badenoch’s spokesman said the party was ready to go back to the polls after she invited Keir Starmer to resign so the Conservatives can take over.

At PMQs on Wednesday, Keir Starmer said the Tories “haven’t got a clue what they’re doing”.

Badenoch replied: “Mr Speaker, if he wants to know what Conservatives would do, he should resign and find out.”

Asked afterwards if the Tory leader really wants the PM to quit, her spokesman said: “Yes, we would love a go to get back in government and sort out the mess [Labour] have made.”

He was then asked if the party wanted another general election and said: “Why not?”

A Liberal Democrat source said: “Give us a chance, Ed’s wet suit isn’t even dry yet.

“Kemi Badenoch’s bizarre rant at PMQs shows the Tories have lost the plot.

“While Ed Davey challenged the prime minister with questions about the big issues of the day like winter fuel allowances or end of life care, Badenoch is indulging in petty political games.

“As the Conservatives fight the battles of yesterday, we will be fighting to make take even more bricks out of the Blue Wall come the local elections in May.”

Green MP and party co-leader Carla Denyer slammed the Tories’ suggestion.

She told HuffPost UK: “Kemi Badenoch is understandably trying to divert people from the dire record of the Conservatives in government over 14 years.

“It would be great if the Conservatives could reflect a little on their past failures, and choose to offer positive, constructive Opposition.

“We want Labour to deliver the real change needed to put the country back on its feet and that’s what we are pressing for every day in Parliament.”

Meanwhile, a petition on the parliament website signed by more than 2.7 million people calling for another election will be debated by MPs.

Petitions which receive at least 100,000 signatures are automatically considered for debate in the Commons.

Lib Dem MP Jamie Stone, who is chair of the public petitions committee, confirmed that the debate will take place on January 6.

Ironically, that will be the fourth anniversary of the coup attempt by Donald Trump supporters, who stormed the Capitol in Washington in an attempt to overturn the result of the 2019 presidential election.

Badenoch referred to the petition at PMQs, but Starmer told her: “We had a massive petition on July 4 in this country.

“We spent years taking our party from a party of protest to a party of government. They’re hurtling in the opposite direction.”

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Jacob Rees-Mogg Vows His New Family Reality TV Show Will Not Be Like The Kardashians In Its First Trailer

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The first trailer for former Tory minister Jacob Rees-Mogg’s new family reality TV show has just landed and it’s already rather eye-opening.

Filmed at the old Etonian’s 17th Century Somerset mansion Gournay Court, the five-part docu-series appears to follow Rees-Mogg, his wife Helene de Chair and their six children around in the run-up to the general election.

Judging from the two-minute clip, the new show will give viewers access to a whole range of alarming insights into Rees-Mogg – such as the politician’s household staff admitting he likes his underwear to be ironed first.

The outspoken figure also opened the two-minute trailer by admitting he has “been involved in some political controversies”, possibly alluding to the time he lounged on the government front benches in the Commons during Brexit debates.

Rees-Mogg admitted that though it is “probably a sin”, he also “quite enjoy[s] winding people up.”

The footage was filmed in the build-up to the 2024 general election and includes clips of his then-constituents telling Rees-Mogg they hoped he would lose his job, and telling the camera crew: “I would be over the moon if Rees-Mogg is gone.”

Yet the GB News presenter seemed to downplay the impact of losing his seat despite spending the last 14 years in parliament.

“I’m not a dog, I don’t lick my wounds,” he told the camera crew.

The video also showed a few of the Rees-Mogg children admitting they are “quite posh” and talking about their “mansion” in Somerset.

The former politician also told his producers he was “well aware that there are risks in reality TV,”, but added: “I think this will be a rather different kettle of fish actually from The Kardashians.”

Previously asked by HuffPost UK in July what the show would be like, he replied: “Aha, wait and see. Wait and see. Wait and see. Wait and see.”

Asked if he was trying to imitate Donald Trump, who rose to fame by starring in the US version of The Apprentice, Rees-Mogg said: “When I appear orange, then you will know that it’s Trump.”

Naturally, not many people on social media were impressed with the trailer.

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I feel like this will be entertaining to watch – although maybe not in the way he had hoped?

— Poppy (@poppy_edwards_) November 20, 2024

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I feel like this will be entertaining to watch – although maybe not in the way he had hoped?

— Poppy (@poppy_edwards_) November 20, 2024

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No wonder they give out Discovery+ for free

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No wonder they give out Discovery+ for free

— Silver Bowl Head Dog (@silverbowldog) November 20, 2024