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The House of Commons was home to a tense exchange between Sir Keir Starmer and Boris Johnson as the Prime Minister defended his restrictions on the coronavirus. Johnson criticized the Labor leader for his party’s alleged lack of support through COVID-19. But Sir Keir responded to the attack by inviting the prime minister to “start listening” as he suggested they could “get along better” if he did.
The outcry from the banks was the result of Sir Keir confirming that he supports the government’s rule of six despite abstaining from voting in favor of the measure on Tuesday.
The Conservatives’ reaction gave the Labor leader a pause before resuming his reply: “Yes, but if the prime minister can’t see and hear local communities when they say the infection rate has increased tenfold with the restrictions , and he does not realize that it is a problem, he is part of the problem.
“There is another cause for anger: Prime Minister, if you really listen to the question, we may get along better.”
The zinger had the MPs howling and yelling more, but Sir Keir didn’t let the noise stop him.
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He continued: “There is another cause for anger. Lack of clarity on why particular restrictions have been introduced.
“For example, in the Prime Minister’s own local authority, Hillingdon, there are 62 cases per 100,000 but there are no local restrictions.
“But in 20 local areas in England, restrictions were introduced when the infection was much lower.
“In Kirklees, it was only 29 per 100,000. Local communities don’t really understand these differences. Can you please explain?”
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“I wish I could pretend that everything was going to be rosy in the Midlands or indeed London, where we are sadly also seeing an increase in infections.
“That’s why we need a concerted national effort, we need to follow the lead, we need hands, face, trace and test for symptoms and obey the rule of six.”
“I think it is quite extraordinary that the Honorable Knight has said that he personally supports the rule of six while telling his entire group to abstain.”
On Tuesday, the government secured Parliament’s backing for restrictions on home visits, but most Labor MPs abstained as did several Conservative MPs.
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