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And I'm joined by Isabel Hardman and Katie Bills. So today is the one-year anniversary

of Rishisunak's premiership, but it's also prime minister's questions. Katie, how did it do?

So we had a joke from Rishisunak today, which I think it's fair to say drew laughter

from across the house. In the sense that Kirstalma was welcoming his two new Labour MPs,

let's see how long they stay there after the next election. But for now, the two Labour MPs

who have won those Uber-wants-safe Tory seats of midbedfordshire and Tamworth and who's

welcoming them, it's obviously a high point for the Labour Party. And Rishisunak said he also

welcomed the member of midbedfordshire and he hoped and actually had some faith that they might

actually be more supportive to him than the one that came before given that was Nadine Doris.

And I think Nadine Doris is a negative in terms of support for Rishisunak. So just having someone

who's not spending all the time trying to bring him down in various ways rather than just

through the general election could be an upgrade. Other than that, it was a largely focused on

cost of living. I think that there's always that thing after I think disappointing results,

such as the bi-elections, where it can feel quite doomsday in the days after it. And almost,

I think having the Prime Minister at the Dispatch Box with his MPs behind him does just bring a

bit more of a sense of, you know, when you watch that, obviously we can still call people and

get them to say the things that we know being said about Rishisunak. But I think it did put on

a bit more of a united front after probably a difficult few days with the Prime Minister.

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