Saturday, 3 May 2025

Sorry Is The Hardest Word

Prime Ministers Question's can sometimes be a riveting watch or as much fun as being in a changing room with Donald Trump but with Reform's Nigel Farage gurning like a lunatic over his Council wins this week, he was involved in one of the most brilliant back and forths I have ever witnessed in the Commons and even better it ended with him sitting back down with a red face like a slapped arse.
As a backstory, Farage was elected as the Member of Parliament for Clacton in Essex last June but as the people of Clacton soon realised, he is never there and they are more likely to see him popping up on the TV alongside the Orange Moron or one of his deranged minions 3,000 miles way in America.
So in February, after extracting himself from Donald Trumps colon long enough to make a rare appearance in the House of Commons, he rose to ask a question, pausing theatrically at the rumbling from the Conservative and Labour benches which led the Speaker to urge him to 'Get on with it'.
'I would like to ask the Prime Minister for some advice' he began with that weird wonky smile on his weirdly wonky face, 'What do I say to the 25,000 constituents in Clacton…' but he was cut short by a clear shout of 'Say Sorry' from one of the right honourable members.
MPs fell about and after the laughter died down Farage tried again.
'What should I say to my constituents who were losing their winter fuel allowance?
but with unusual humour, Starmer turned, looked at him and answered: 'What you should say to the people of Clacton, when you finally finds Clacton, is that they should vote Labour.'
In a rare moment of unity, MPs of all flavours cheered and Farage sat back down, folded his arms and looked like he wished he had stayed in America with the Tangerine Toddler, if he could remember who this strange looking Brit who kept turning up at his rallies was anyway.