'Sunak missed some open goals' | PMQs Analysed | October 16th 2024

James O’Brien and LBC’s Political Editor, Natasha Clark, analyse this week's PMQs.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer faced questions on China’s ‘unwarranted, aggressive and intimidatory’ military exercises near Taiwan from Rishi Sunak, a topic James and Natasha note is odd.

'We just witnessed a rather strange PMQs'

'All this sensibleness is bizarre'

'I've never seen an energy like that before'

'If he's thinking legacy building...he's never been particularly strong on China'

'I can't help but think Sunak missed some open goals'

'Maybe Sunak is persuaded that this is where the national interest lies'

'If you want to go on a foreign issue of unity, why not go on Ukraine'

'Maybe he is searching for something to wrong foot Starmer on'

'Starmer was unprepared on that issue'

'He's had a couple of years to talk about China if he wanted to, it's not a topic to bring up at your last but three PMQs'

'Until we have the budget and a new Tory leader, this is all just a bit of window dressing'

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