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Keir Starmer ‘shocked’ by Rishi Sunak trans jibe in Commons<\/p>\n

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Sir Keir Starmer says he was “shocked” by Rishi Sunak’s jibe about the Labour leader’s definition of a woman on the day Brianna Ghey’s mother was visiting Parliament. <\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The PM had earlier accused him of using the transgender teen’s murder to distract people from his U-turns.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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But Sir Keir told the BBC Mr Sunak had a duty to make every person in the country “feel safe”. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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It was about “basic decency and respect”, he said. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Brianna’s father has called on Mr Sunak to apologise, but the prime minister declined to do so, saying his words to the Labour leader during Prime Minister’s Questions had been “absolutely legitimate”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“I’ve nothing but the most heartfelt sympathy for [Brianna Ghey’s] entire family and friends.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“But to use that tragedy to detract from the very separate and clear point I was making about Keir Starmer’s proven track record of multiple U-turns on major policies, because he doesn’t have a plan, I think is both sad and wrong, and it demonstrates the worst of politics.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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In a BBC interview, Sir Keir responded by saying Mr Sunak “shouldn’t have said what he said in Prime Minister’s Questions and he should apologise. The idea that I’m responsible for his words is through the looking glass.” <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“I think Rishi Sunak needs to do the decent thing, stop blaming everybody else – he said those words – actually bear some responsibility, do the right thing which is apologise.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Sir Keir added that he was “genuinely shocked” the prime minister “used those words” in front of the mother of a murdered girl. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“I’m not the only one, most of the Conservative MPs in the chamber went immediately quiet. This is not about party politics, it’s about the basic decency and respect that matters to me. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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“The role of the prime minister is to make sure that every single citizen, whatever their identity, their belief or background, every single person in this country should feel safe and should feel respected, and the prime minister broke that role yesterday and yes I was shocked.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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