Rishi Sunak made a jibe at Keir Starmer over his feedback on “defining a woman” whereas the mom of murdered transgender teenager Brianna Ghey was in Parliament.
The stunning second got here simply moments after the Labour chief welcomed Esther Ghey, who was because of seem from the general public gallery at Prime Minister’s Questions. Mr Starmer praised her “unwavering bravery” simply days after two youngsters had been jailed final week for the homicide of 16-year-old Brianna final 12 months.
“As a father, I can’t even imagine the pain that she is going through and I am glad that she is with us in the gallery here today,” he added. But as Mr Sunak launched into his assault strains at PMQs, he accused Mr Starmer of failing to face by his commitments and U-turning on “defining a woman”.
Mr Starmer replied: “Of all the weeks to say that when Brianna’s mother is in this chamber – shame. Parading as a man of integrity when he’s got absolutely no responsibility.” Other MPs additionally shouted “shame” whereas one might be heard saying: “Disgusting”.
Later, Labour MP Liz Twist requested the PM whether or not he “could consider apologising” to Brianna’s mom for his “insensitive comment”. Mr Sunak swerved the query however later praised her bravery and mentioned she “deserves all our admiration and praise”.
Concluding Prime Minister’s Questions, Mr Sunak mentioned: “If I could just say also to Brianna Ghey’s mother who is here, as I said earlier this week, what happened was an unspeakable and shocking tragedy. As I said earlier this week, in the face of that, for her mother to demonstrate the compassion and empathy that she did last weekend, I thought demonstrated the very best of humanity in the face of seeing the very worst of humanity. She deserves all our admiration and praise for that.”
Labour MP Kate Osborne later added: “For the Prime Minister to make a what is a woman quip at #PMQs when Brianna’s mum Esther Ghey is in the Gallery is an absolute disgrace.” She mentioned Mr Starmer was “absolutely right to call him out and shout shame”.