Hello, I'm Susan Hume and this is the yesterday in Parliament podcast.

On Wednesday the 14th of May, the Prime Minister received kind words and criticism.

Critics have accused the Prime Minister of flip-flopping in his views.

Then again, flexibility and the ability to pivot

are probably political assets.

Both main players demonstrated their skills in that area at question time.

Kami Bednock began with a sympathetic reference

to the suspected arson attacks on properties linked to Cirqueur-Starmer.

Before we start, Mr Speaker, I would like to say to the Prime Minister

how horrified I was to hear about the attack on his family home.

It is completely unacceptable.

And I think I speak for the whole House when I say that this wasn't just an attack on him,

but on all of us and on our democracy.

But then she did start.

Yesterday, we learned that unemployment is up 10% since the

election. Why does the Prime Minister think unemployment is rising on his watch? The Prime Minister

concentrated first on the kindly bit. Can I thank her for her words about the attacks on me and my family

and the kind messages from many others

in the last few days. She did actually message me pretty well straight away, and I really do

appreciate that. And she's absolutely right that this is an attack on all of us, on democracy

and the values that we stand for. But then he pivoted too. She comes here every week to talk the country down.

We've got 200,000 new jobs, record investment, four interest rates cut.

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