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Starmer slams Johnson’s ‘weak’ leadership at PMQs

Guardian, 15 Dec 2021
Keir Starmer has said Boris Johnson is ‘too weak’ to lead the UK through the health crisis caused by Omicron, and the government’s reliance on Labour votes to pass new Covid measures showed the PM had lost authority with his own MPs.
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In a final prime minister’s questions before Christmas, the Labour leader pointed to the rebellion by 99 Conservative MPs on Tuesday evening over Covid certificates, which meant that without opposition support the government would have been defeated in the Commons vote

Boris Johnson too weak to lead UK through Omicron crisis, says Starmer ► https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2021/dec/15/boris-johnson-too-weak-to-lead-uk-through-omicron-crisis-says-starmer

UK Covid live: Johnson faces Starmer at PMQs as Omicron becomes dominant variant in London ► https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2021/dec/15/uk-covid-live-news-coronavirus-omicron-boosters-vaccines-christmas-boris-johnson-latest-updates?page=with:block-61b9dc388f084998b5484d95&filterKeyEvents=false#liveblog-navigation

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