The PM faces further enquiries into why he did not accept due process advice to vet Mandelson before announcing the appointment, to explain why he says there was no pressure to get Mandelson appointed when officials report there was, why he has not produced many of the relevant documents to Parliament about the appointment, what action has has taken to recover McSweeney’s phone or phone and text calls, and why he did not ask more questions about Mandelson’s well know business interests and social world. He replies that this is distracting the country from the big issues posed by the wars in the Middle East and Ukraine.
So PM, here today are some questions about the way you are doing the day job. If you bothered to answer some of these that would make headlines and give us something else to talk about.
- Why are you not getting more of our own oil and gas out of the North Sea “at pace” when it is obvious the world is going to be short of oil and gas and having some that does not need a sea voyage is a good idea?
- Why not have an urgent meeting with the oil refiners and petro chem companies to change policy so we do not face any more closures. See if you can get the last two refineries to close to re -open, as we will need various products needing industrial capacity that is locked in or destroyed elsewhere.
- Will you abandon the stupid policy of giving Chagos away, and reassure the US that we as the freeholders will let them use their base there as they see fit?
- Will you re consider the digital tax and the new on line regulations, as some of these are now inciting the US to impose higher tariffs on us?
- When will there be a statement and a Plan to tackle upcoming shortages of fertiliser, jet fuel, some pharmaceuticals?
- What contribution will you and your coalition of the willing make to trying to find a negotiated settlement in the Middle East? When will you even talk to Iran? Will you talk to Hezbollah?
April 28, 2026
Starmer is a human rights lawyer first and PM somewhere further down the line, he doesn’t give a toss about the U.K. unless it’s to save his own skin, hopefully just hopefully there’s a light shining at the end of the tunnel with a train with a big sign on it saying go just go and take your rag tag party with you please that’s the only other question I would ask him
April 28, 2026
The answer to your questions is moment of the above.
He doesn’t care what’s right for the country, he’s only interested in international law. That includes spurious judgements from third world judges who hate Britain.
Hermer saying yoomanrites lawyers do more good than our military and he’s pulling Starmers strings.
There had to be a revolution in this country to rid us of the jokers in Westminster and not just the liebour party. People are getting angry.
April 28, 2026
@Ian Wragg – agreed. And they have one and others back.
They still don’t get it there is no such thing as ‘International Law’, its just a phrase repeated by the left when it personally profits and suits their personal cause.
April 28, 2026
That just about sums it up for me as well, the same with the Chancellor. There is no remedial benefit for them to stay on and do anything. It’s not that they need to change, they have already shown themselves wanting in just about every matter.
The one thing I do support Kier Starmer on is his support for Ukraine. By holding the front line, they are preventing an undisciplined Russian army sweeping through with rape and pillage, and they are doing a great job in degrading the Russian military, for which we should all be grateful.
April 28, 2026
Spot on. If you look at each of the party leader’s and leading light’s backgrounds, we can say:
Starmer-human rights, dragged into broader leftism by a rag-tag crew of social workers, lefty activists, amateur economists and tribal Marxists.
Badenoch- mish-mash of numeracy coupled with equality/diversity agenda. Wide experience geographically but no real “trade”. Has she ever run a business, had to manage in the private sector? Reliant on those around her who already had (bad) government experience and know the establishment.
Davey-goodness knows. PPE plus fantasy politics. Few with real life experience around him.
Farage- trader who understands money surrounded by others who get the need to balance budgets, balance the population. Whether they have stomach for the fight with all the above is the open question.
April 28, 2026
@Mick – ‘he doesn’t give a toss about the U.K.’ Of course he does he hates it and its people with a passion
April 28, 2026
Some very good points there. Interestingly, Ukraine didn’t make the list this time.
Remember the days when we used to talk about “cutting foreign aid” and it seemed such a pressing issue? We’d probably be deleriously happy if we could get bsck to such relatively untroubled times.
I think the penultimate point is going to become a big one. Upcoming economic, financial, agricultural and social mayhem from the Middle East situation. Pain is unavoidable but a disaster is still very possible, for us and most other countries.
April 28, 2026
Good Morning,
Dear Lord Redwood,
What a silly list… Of course I’m doing all I can to improve the outlook for the UK. I’m increasing our working age population by bringing in lots of young men. I’m making sure we don’t go to war by keeping our military services short of people and weapons. I’m making sure we have more employed people by increasing the size of the civil service. Most of all I’m spending lots of money on the EU so that they will, hopefully, forgive our foolish democratic decisions and agree to allow us back in through the back door.
Keep smiling,
Yours ever
Kier.
April 28, 2026
Plus I am falling out with Trump and the USA wherever I can and increasing youth unemployments hugely too and driving tax payers, the hard working and the rich out of the country.
April 28, 2026
The Prime Minister will be ‘outraged’ that he is asked any questions, and will say he has apologised. What if Boris had apologised.? Would Labour had accepted that! Of course they wouldn’t, they would have insisted he should resign.
The Prime Minister will get away with it, but the public will have their say at the next election.
April 28, 2026
Starmer will have to go, but the possible replacements are equally appalling or worse. Even if they did elect a relatively sensible person like Wes Streeting he would not be allowed to do anything sensible by the Labour MPs. We need a general election but will have to wait 3+ more years of Labour’s scorched earth drop loop agenda.
Even Wes Streeting seems to want to stop people pointing out that the 15 Lucy Letby convictions are clearly unsafe, less it upsets the “victims” relatives. But why Wes would these relative want an innocent person to be kept in jail for life?
JR’s list is sensible but Starmer will take no notice. Just as he takes no notice of Trump’s very sensible advice on borders, defence and the net zero lunacy.
April 28, 2026
@Cheshire+Girl – he would have to be dragged screaming from No10.
April 28, 2026
Starmer is not just holding out on providing real answers, he is doing his best to ignore what is going on, as though it were some other person these bad things have been attributed to.
I’ve no reason to think that he can’t go on in this fashion, and doubt he will not win the vote to force him to a proper grilling.
The questions I would put to him, would be as follows:
What are your long term plans as regards Ukraine?
You’ve already sent £billions to support the war, to keep it going, and you must know your interference has resulted in too many deaths when it could have been settled months ago without your whisperings into the ear of Zelensky, giving false hope?
You seem to hate Russia with a vengeance, why is that?
Is it your intention to join the fight against Russia as soon as UK/EU forces are strong enough, so that you can declare an emergency, create a government of national unity, and so avoid any elections that would go against you?
April 28, 2026
Could he also be asked why so many of the “poor, destitute, desperate civil engineers and brain surgeons” who he insists on shipping-in from from France and giving “free everythign” are going on to rape, sexually attack and stalk white British women and girls?
Four (that we know of) have been found guilty in just the last few days, including a 15 yr old who hasn’t been placed in a Juvenile Detention Centre but is instead being given some cultural awareness lessons and taught what the word “consent” means! I’m sure his young victim is very reassured by that and the state of “British justice.”
April 28, 2026
Further question: why is there a ban on reporting about the trial of three Ukrainians accused of arson?
April 28, 2026
Indeed. Would full and frank reporting of this trial place national security at risk, or endanger lives? Or would it only place the PM’s political survival chances at risk, or endanger his reputation?
Lord Denning once memorably observed “To every subject of this land, however powerful, I would use Thomas Fuller’s words over three hundred years ago, ‘Be ye never so high, the law is above you.'” Ironically he did so when commenting upon a court defeat for the National Council for Civil Liberties and its figurehead, one Harriet Harman.
April 28, 2026
Would the renaming of Prime Minister’s Questions to Prime Minister’s Answers encourage the PM to respond properly and give the Speaker more ammunition to deal with him ?
April 28, 2026
All good questions John, maybe Kemi can ask them at the next PMQs.
Another question she might ask is, why are the rubber dinghies bringing undocumented migrants across the Channel allowed to return to France/Holland once they have handed the ‘passengers’ over to our border taxi force mid Channel?
As a follow up question she might ask why are the rubber boats not immediately impounded or destroyed as penalty for conducting criminal activities?
As a further question, perhaps she could ask if smashing the gangs involved in that human trafficking is a policy Labour believe in, why are the rubber boat helmsmen who are part of the gangs allowed to exit the scene once the human cargo has been discharged into our safe haven vessels?
There are so many questions yet to be answered.
April 28, 2026
Good morning.
I would not so much concern myself with Peter Mandelson, but with another Lord and close friend to the PM, the Attorney General.
If you do not know what I mean, just look at his Wiki page and the kind of people he has represented.
By you friends be known. 😉
April 28, 2026
All good questions. But surely the man is oblivious to every thing outside of the ‘Plan’
All the kerfuffle rubbing allies up the wrong way, sending taxpayer money to anyone and everyone outside of the UK, is to create divides were the never existed before, and ingratiate himself personally on those that don’t care, just so he can get the unelected unaccountable of the EU’s bureaucracy back into ‘fully’ ruling the UK. The ‘Plan’ not the country, not its people, he hates them, is all that matters
April 28, 2026
Today’s headlines in the Telegraph ‘Starmer pleads with MPs to save him. PM says vote on ethics investigation is a ‘political stunt’ as No 10 orders backbenchers to rally behind party leader’
He says he cant be voted out because of the wars in the Gulf & Ukraine. Any way he was found to have not done anything wrong when questioned in Parliament last week. He is coated in Teflon at best it is his messengers that over stepped the mark without his knowledge. Years of bent legal practice have taught him how to side step responsibility.
I would guess the Telegraph headline was made up – the man is oblivious to everything outside his own Walter Mitty World
April 28, 2026
Much of what Keir Starmer does is like that which an enemy of the UK would choose:
– Exposing our veterans to prosecution for claimed wrongs during their service in Northern Ireland from which the IRA remain protected
– Overtaxing our people and businesses, restricting their freedom to operate smoothly and grow
– Being hostile to our key ally in the US and reducing their ability to perform in combat against enmity
– Allowing many thousands of people from the world to enter our land illegally
– Allowing those refused asylum to stay indefinitely and contributing nothing of value
– Wasting vast sums of our money on distributing benefits to shirkers paid for by those who work
– Failing to defend our nation by not supporting and building our military capability
– Many other negative actions which are highlighted virtually every day
April 28, 2026
Could you not just boil it down one question:
“Why are you still here?”
April 28, 2026
The wedge that 2TK has forced between the UK and the USA was up and running before Trumps arrival, as quoted elsewhere ( Starmer ed) sent a (left wing ed?) Cabal to the USA to thwart Trump’s Presidential Campaign.’
You could phrase that to Starmer attacked Trump first, should there be a surprise that there is kick back
He Starmer, thinks he can interfere in other countries elections, is any one sure he wont fabricate a similar situation in the UK to remain in Power? He demonstrates daily how low he can get and then goes further – he is a ‘hater’ not a lover