PMQs: Starmer accuses Badenoch of ‘rushing to judgement’ despite his own lack of judgement

Keir Starmer faced many disgruntled MPs during Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) as he continued to deny any responsibility for his decision to appoint Peter Mandelson.

However, despite making jabs at Conservative leader, Kemi Badenoch, for “rushing to judgement” on the government’s processes and of MPs’ knowledge of Mandelson’s murky ties, Starmer once again highlighted his own woeful lack of judgement.

The prime minister keeps trying to shift the blame. Speaking in PMQs on 22 April, he claimed Olly Robbins made a “serious error of judgement” by failing to inform him that the security vetting advised against clearance and red-flagged the appointment as “high concern”.

Nevertheless, most people would be able to make an objective judgement that a man sitting on the board of Kremlin-linked defence company, Systema, is pretty damn dodgy. A position, as Badenoch underscored, Mandelson sat on “long after the first invasion of Ukraine in 2014”.

Badenoch subsequently destroyed Starmer’s measly defences by highlighting how the former ambassador sat on this board as a non-executive director, likely to his own profit, “long after” Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine in 2014.

Apparently, Starmer needed that in a paint-by-numbers explanation that this clearly is a conflict of interest to have an appointed official likely drawing profits from war crimes against a supposed ally, Ukraine.

Mandelson is in the inner circle of the Trilateral-Epstein elite who run the global economy like a protection racket. The normal rules don’t apply to him. Funny though watching ‘Mr Rules’ squirming to explain away having being rumbled. https://t.co/iujGiljyss

— Hon. PolProf of Agile Ceremonies (@CeilNoyle) April 17, 2026

PMQs: All allegations put to bed by Robbins’ evidence

True to form, Keir Starmer tried to scapegoat Olly Robbins, stating the allegations were “put to bed” by his sacking. Robbins has been apportioned full blame by the Labour government, for any and all misjudgment surrounding the appointment of Epstein pal, Petie Mandelson. 

On the other hand, Starmer has only exposed his own poor judgment as our elected leader. Given his past as former head of the Crown Prosecution Service, this is frankly embarrassing for any elected official, let alone the PM.

After all, most Britons would surely expect their PM to be capable of making objective decisions without needing officials to spell out the blatantly obvious.

Getting his just desserts, Starmer has delivered another own goal for this failing, occupied government.

Israel is also at work in our corridors of power

On top of that, the rest of us can also clearly see the pro-Israel influences at play in the government’s decisions, which only adds to the urgency for the PM to resign his position. Power and privilege should depend on competence — not, as Badenoch outlined, on the current standard being defended.

She said:

He promised them probity, and what he has given them is cronyism and an old boys’ club where Matthew Doyle is being proposed as an ambassador. Ridiculous.

This is referring to yet another example of the power afforded by Starmer to pro-Israel stooges with more paedo-ties. Doyle campaigned for convicted sex offender, Sean Morton.

This week, the Canary wrote about the nefarious influence of Zionists on our elected officials:

…significant donations from Israeli lobby groups to MPs and political parties appear to buy political allegiance and diplomatic cover for Israel. This is only evidenced by the International Criminal Court (ICC) warrants outstanding for senior leaders in Israel for genocide and war crimes.

Warrants which the UK has repeatedly violated, welcoming war criminals to our shores. In fact, David Cameron even threatened ICC prosecutor Karim Khan to block warrants in the first place.

This development provides further evidence that our so-called democratic process faces repeated undermining by a colonialist and violent Zionist project.

People are absolutely sick of dishonesty in British politics as Zarah Sultana has strongly condemned.

As I said yesterday: Keir Starmer is a barefaced liar. https://t.co/FDpQnGCvHy

— Zarah Sultana MP (@zarahsultana) April 21, 2026

The PM’s future is no longer tenable

It is deeply uncomfortable to find resonance and legitimacy in the judgement of the leader of the Conservatives. Nonetheless, this just makes clear how far Labour has sunk into the morally bankrupt abyss. Moreover, it signifies just how far the party has shifted to the far-right.

Most people across the country can see the prime minister repeatedly lying to hold on to power and privilege. Actions like Sultana’s intervention in the Commons the other night — when she refused to back down from calling Keir Starmer a liar — further drive that message home to the electorate.

Badenoch is also managing to annihilate Starmer’s defence, which can only confirm that the PM’s future as leader is just no longer tenable. Frankly, it hasn’t been for quite a few years.

Therefore, MPs must apply sustained pressure now and make it clear that the public is done with excuses.

Instead, unfortunately for Labour, voters actually want to trust their elected officials and the power and influence they wield.

Featured image via the Canary