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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
John Crace

‘Mr Congeniality’ Burnham advises Badenoch to ditch the point-scoring on defence

The prime minister, Andy Burnham, smiles broadly during Prime Minister's Questions in the Commons
Burnham during PMQs on Wednesday, when he invited Kemi Badenoch to work with him. Photograph: House of Commons/PA

The case of the dog that didn’t bark in the night. Sometimes prime minister’s questions are as notable for the topics that the leader of the opposition doesn’t ask about as for the ones she does. So you have to assume Kemi Badenoch now realises she was on the wrong side of public opinion on the weekend’s protests and the government’s decision to impose sanctions on Israeli illegal settlements.

I guess it’s hard to be too vocal when you fundamentally agree with the rioters. And maybe she has noticed that many of her own party are a little queasy about Palestinian land being seized and people being killed. And no reaction from the US about the sanctions.

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