PMQs: Did Kemi School Keir?

Politics Unpacked

Anna Covell

News & Politics, Politics, News

4.4 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Kemi Badenoch accuses Keir Starmer of "educational vandalism" over his plans for schools. Who came out on top, and do some in Labour think she's got a point?

Hugo Rifkind unpacks the action from the Commons chamber with the help of Tim Shipman, Lara Spirit and the comedian Athena Kugblenu.

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0:00.0	PMQ's Unpacked on Times Radio, unpacking the politics and cutting through the crossfire.
0:07.0	Yes, and I'm joined in the studio by Tim Shipman. Hello Tim.
0:10.0	Hi.
0:11.0	How are you?
0:12.0	Very well, thank you. Good to have you here. Good to have you back indeed.
0:15.0	Yes. And also by the comedian Athena Cook Blano. Hello, Athena.
0:18.0	Hello, how are you? What a pleasure to have you on?
0:20.0	The pleasure was all mine. Well, so far, let's see if we can change that.
0:22.6	Are you a big PMQ's fan, Athena?
0:24.7	I used to be.
0:26.0	Right.
0:26.5	What put you off it?
0:28.3	I just thought I'd better stop watching PMQ's and start doing my actual job.
0:32.0	Right, yeah.
0:33.4	What a way to combine both? It was a great procrastination thing for a long time. And then it just...
0:37.8	But I do like the highlights.
0:39.8	So I like Match of the Day version of PMQ.
0:42.1	I like the highlights more than watching it.
0:43.7	So I'm very excited to get back into the actions today
0:45.8	and see what I've missing out on this whole time.
0:47.9	Just to...
0:48.3	We'll get the first question in a bit.
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