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Theresa May attacks 'unscrupulous boss' Corbyn at PMQs | Theresa May attacks 'unscrupulous boss' Corbyn at PMQs |
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Theresa May likened Jeremy Corbyn to an "unscrupulous boss" as she made her Prime Minister's Questions debut. | |
As the two leaders clashed on workers' rights, Mrs May suggested Labour frontbenchers had to "double their workload" while Mr Corbyn "exploits the rules to further his own career". | As the two leaders clashed on workers' rights, Mrs May suggested Labour frontbenchers had to "double their workload" while Mr Corbyn "exploits the rules to further his own career". |
Mr Corbyn said Tories might find economic insecurity "funny" but millions of people did not. | Mr Corbyn said Tories might find economic insecurity "funny" but millions of people did not. |
The Labour leader said the government's economic plan had "failed". | The Labour leader said the government's economic plan had "failed". |
"Is there another one?" he asked. | "Is there another one?" he asked. |
Mr Corbyn said austerity meant people "being poorer" and "jobs being cut", prompting Mrs May to respond: "He calls it austerity. I call it living within our means." | Mr Corbyn said austerity meant people "being poorer" and "jobs being cut", prompting Mrs May to respond: "He calls it austerity. I call it living within our means." |
Mr Corbyn, after welcoming Mrs May to her post, quizzed her on new Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson's previous comments about US President Barack Obama and his use in the past of the term "piccaninnies", a derogatory word for black children. | |
And he questioned her pledge to stand up for people in insecure jobs, pointing to planned trade union curbs and the use of so-called zero-hours contracts. | And he questioned her pledge to stand up for people in insecure jobs, pointing to planned trade union curbs and the use of so-called zero-hours contracts. |
Mrs May said it was important to help those "struggling to make ends meet", going on to attack Labour's infighting. | |
She said "I suspect there are many members on the Opposition benches who might be familiar with an unscrupulous boss; a boss who doesn't listen to his workers; a boss who requires some of his workers to double their workload; and maybe even a boss who exploits the rules to further his own career." | |
Leaning forward and fixing Mr Corbyn with a direct stare, she added: "Remind him of anybody?" | Leaning forward and fixing Mr Corbyn with a direct stare, she added: "Remind him of anybody?" |
What the pundits said | |
The new PM included a number of barbs at the Labour leader during her first PMQs session, saying the Opposition would spend the summer "tearing itself apart" while the government would be "bringing this country back together". | The new PM included a number of barbs at the Labour leader during her first PMQs session, saying the Opposition would spend the summer "tearing itself apart" while the government would be "bringing this country back together". |
Mrs May, who will now travel to Berlin to meet her German counterpart Angela Merkel, also faced questions about the UK's vote to leave the EU. | Mrs May, who will now travel to Berlin to meet her German counterpart Angela Merkel, also faced questions about the UK's vote to leave the EU. |
She told Eurosceptic Philip Davies the Brexit vote "sent a very clear message about immigration" which was that people wanted control over EU free movement. | She told Eurosceptic Philip Davies the Brexit vote "sent a very clear message about immigration" which was that people wanted control over EU free movement. |
She reaffirmed her commitment to hitting the government's target of bringing net migration down below 100,000, admitting it would "take some time to get there". | She reaffirmed her commitment to hitting the government's target of bringing net migration down below 100,000, admitting it would "take some time to get there". |