PMQ's Unpacked on Times Radio, unpacking the politics and cutting through the crossfire. Yes, for the first time in 2026, it is PMQ's unpacked. We will be pausing and unpacking all the action live from the Commons Chamber. With me, as always, is the Times Chief Political Commentator Patrick McGuire. Hello, Patrick. Hello, Hugo. Happy New Year. How are you keeping? I'm all right. I can't complain. You're looking very well. Oh, stop it.

Intimidatingly well.

Oh, Patrick. Hello, Hugo. Happy New Year. Happy New Year. How you're keeping? I'm all right. I can't complain. You're looking very well. Oh, stop it. Intimidatingly well. I'm starting to feel a bit beefy. Well, don't congratulate me. Congratulations, Eli Lilly. Well done, them. And joining us, a man who gets a mention without fail every week at Prime Minister's questions, but rarely gets to answer back in Chamber at least, is the Reform UK leader, Nigel Farage. Nigel, hello. Thank you, and this time I get a chance to answer.

Well, well done for... at Prime Minister's questions, but rarely gets to answer back in Chamber at least. It's the Reform UK leader Nigel Farage. Nigel, hello.

Thank you, and this time I get a chance to answer.

Well, well done for getting here, for braving it through the lawless hell zone of London.

You've been warning about this morning.

It's very brave of you.

It is brave, isn't it?

But then I've got to travel on public transport, so there we are.

I'm safe right okay are you a fan of PMQs in general yeah I thought

two times a week was better actually and that's what it used to be at the concept's great and I think

that it does get looked at from people around the world they like the idea of it but the way this

government's abusing it you, we're not really getting genuine

backbencher questions. We're getting a situation where certain Labour MPs get lots of questions,

other Labour backbench MPs get no questions, and it's all kind of prearranged, I'll ask

this question, this is how the Prime Minister will answer it. And so if it begins

to feel false... They've always done that, really, haven't they? Prime Minister's? But the extent to which it's being done now is quite extraordinary. Look, we should explain, Patrick, the way PMQ's is structured, it's skewed towards the government and the official opposition, which at the moment, of is the Tories. So, Kemi Badenov gets six questions every week. The Libdom leader, Ed Davey,

with his 72 MPs, gets two questions, but neither reform who have, is it five MPs these days?

So hard to keep track.

Or the Greens with the four MPs, they don't necessarily get questions at all.

No, exactly.

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