Angela Rayner spots the one area where Theresa May never ‘lets us down’ at PMQs

Angela Rayner and Theresa May


Yes, it’s that time of the week again. It’s Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs); the time when Theresa May goes in front of parliament and tries, generally abysmally, to justify the state of the country and her failure to negotiate Brexit.

But an eagle-eyed Angela Rayner, the shadow education secretary, spotted one area where May never fails to disappoint.

How long have we been in power for?

Before PMQs started, Rayner tweeted:

Related articles

Read on...

And May didn’t take long to deliver. As Rayner tweeted, “I knew she wouldn’t let us down”:

One Twitter user claimed it only took three minutes:

But as others pointed out, the Conservative Party has now been in power for nine years:

Although some were more optimistic:

And another social media user suggested we could turn it into a new game:

“Stomach turning spectacle”

But there is another consistent theme at PMQs. And that’s Tory MPs laughing and jeering as Jeremy Corbyn questions the PM over the levels of poverty and deprivation in the UK. MP Richard Burgon labelled it a “stomach turning spectacle”.

Although Rayner did notice there were fewer Tories present than usual for the weekly debacle:

“We have failed society”

Corbyn, meanwhile, was strident in holding May and her government to account, stating:

When the wealth of the richest thousand people in Britain has increased by £50bn in one year, but there is not enough money to properly feed our children or pay workers a decent wage, then we have failed as a society.

He concluded by asking:

When is she and her government going to reverse the tax giveaways to the super-rich and make sure they pay their fair share of taxes? So we can end the scandal – and it is a scandal – of inequality in modern Britain.

Corbyn is right. This is a “scandal”. And it’s a scandal that means “we have failed as a society”. And we’ll continue failing until we kick out this PM who blames the government of ten years ago for these problems, and her party of MPs who jeer and laugh at poverty.

Featured image via Wikimedia – Rwendland / Twitter – Jeremy Corbyn

We need your help to keep speaking the truth

Every story that you have come to us with; each injustice you have asked us to investigate; every campaign we have fought; each of your unheard voices we amplified; we do this for you. We are making a difference on your behalf.

Our fight is your fight. You’ve supported our collective struggle every time you gave us a like; and every time you shared our work across social media. Now we need you to support us with a monthly donation.

We have published nearly 2,000 articles and over 50 films in 2021. And we want to do this and more in 2022 but we don’t have enough money to go on at this pace. So, if you value our work and want us to continue then please join us and be part of The Canary family.

In return, you get:

* Advert free reading experience
* Quarterly group video call with the Editor-in-Chief
* Behind the scenes monthly e-newsletter
* 20% discount in our shop

Almost all of our spending goes to the people who make The Canary’s content. So your contribution directly supports our writers and enables us to continue to do what we do: speaking truth, powered by you. We have weathered many attempts to shut us down and silence our vital opposition to an increasingly fascist government and right-wing mainstream media.

With your help we can continue:

* Holding political and state power to account
* Advocating for the people the system marginalises
* Being a media outlet that upholds the highest standards
* Campaigning on the issues others won’t
* Putting your lives central to everything we do

We are a drop of truth in an ocean of deceit. But we can’t do this without your support. So please, can you help us continue the fight?

The Canary Support us

Related articles