Ed Davey's 'hard stare' at Kemi Badenoch during PMQs goes viral after Starmer departure announcement
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John Plunkett
10d ago· 3 min readenNews
Summary
The article covers a PMQs session following Keir Starmer's announcement that he would step down as Labour leader and PM. It contrasts the tradition of showing empathy during leadership transitions with Tory leader Kemi Badenoch's decision to instead launch insults at Starmer's cabinet and his successor, Andy Burnham, specifically targeting Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson. Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey responded to Badenoch with a notable 'hard stare' that went viral and was well-received by the public.
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bskyEd Davey's 'hard stare' at Kemi Badenoch during PMQs goes viral after Starmer departure announcementthepoke.comKey quotes
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So it may not come as a great surprise that Tory leader Kemi Badenoch decided to do none of those things, levelling insult after insult at Starmer's cabinet and his successor.
Ed Davey gave Kemi Badenoch a Paddington-style 'hard stare' that was nothing short of epic and people loved him for it
To PMQs now, the first one since Keir Starmer announced he would be leaving as leader of the Labour Party and prime minister. It’s traditional at times like this for rival politicians to put their differences aside and show a little bit of empathy, humani
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