Burnham's first PMQs: Brexit blame, tax rows and Badenoch's 'five simple questions'
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Neutral summary
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham faced his first Prime Minister's Questions on Tuesday, vowing to use an upcoming summit with EU leaders to push Britain closer to Brussels and calling Brexit a “wrong turn” for the country. Opposition leader Kemi Badenoch pressed him with “five simple questions” on tax, defence and welfare reform, while Burnham also faced an unexpected attack from one of his own backbenchers. Shadow Chancellor Andrew Griffith accused the PM of “making up stories” about his role in Liz Truss's mini-budget, and commentators were split, with assessments ranging from a “bloodless affair” to “the King of the Despatch Box”. Polls suggest a majority of Britons agree with Burnham that Brexit was a mistake.
How it was framed
Outlets: 10. Countries: 3. Facts in the shared core: 6.
Publication timeline
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Daily Mail (outlet profile)
Burnham doubles down on blaming Brexit for UK's woes at PMQs as he vows to use summit to get closer to Brussels. The Labour leader used Prime Ministers Questions to vow to use an upcoming summit with European Union lead…
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Guido Fawkes (outlet profile)
SIMON’S SKETCH: PM’s New Politics Peters Out as Kemi Cuts Deep. There was Corbyn’s ‘kinder, gentler politics’ that unleashed a virulent left-wing antisemitism; then there was Starmer’s ‘calm, patient work of government’…
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Bloomberg (outlet profile)
Burnham Offers More Style Than Specifics in Parliament Debut. New UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham was prepared for a grilling from Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch during his first session of prime minister’s questions…
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Al Jazeera (outlet profile)
UK’s Burnham faces first parliament grilling, vows to ‘bring back hope’. Newly appointed leader takes first Prime Minister’s Questions, pledges to fulfill defence, social spending goals.
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Daily Mail (outlet profile)
QUENTIN LETTS: New PMs usually pulse with power. Burnham came across as an earnest bore. This was his first Wednesday high noon: people had crowded into the chamber, the galleries over-spilling with visitors and peers.
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The Independent (outlet profile)
Majority of Britons agree with Burnham that Brexit was ‘wrong turn’ for UK. Andy Burnham hit out at the impact of Brexit and the impact of decisions made in the 1980s as he addressed the House of Commons as prime minist…
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The Conversation (UK) (outlet profile)
Andy Burnham’s first PMQs: here’s what we learned from this bloodless affair. There were a few hints of the kind of prime minister Burnham aspires to be.
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ConservativeHome (outlet profile)
PMQS: “A Prime Minister needs to be a leader not a people-pleaser”. In their first PMQs Prime Minister Andy Burnham and Leader of the Opposition Kemi Badenoch were testing each other and a new dynamic, where despite the…
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ConservativeHome (outlet profile)
Kemi Badenoch’s ‘five simple questions’ to PM Andy Burnham that require ‘serious answers’. On the PM's first outing at the despatch box Kemi Badenoch welcomed her first opportunity to ask Andy Burnham questions since he…
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City AM (outlet profile)
Andrew Griffith: Burnham ‘making up stories’ about my role in Truss Budget. Andrew Griffith has accused Andy Burnham of “making up stories” about his involvement in the disastrous Liz Truss mini-Budget as the new Conser…
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Daily Mail (outlet profile)
Burnham's proud to be a tax and spend socialist - at a time when there's nothing left to tax or spend: DAN HODGES. Kemi Badenoch could be forgiven for believing she had the perfect strategy to trip up Andy Burnham at th…
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City AM (outlet profile)
Burnham calls for honesty then sticks his head in the sand. Andy Burnham declared this week that “change begins with honesty.” My ears pricked up. Was our new Prime Minister about to deliver some hard truths…
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LabourList (outlet profile)
The King of the Despatch Box. The cheers that greeted the PM two days in a row were deafening. As Andy Burnham made his… The post The King of the Despatch Box appeared first on LabourList .
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Daily Express (outlet profile)
Flip-flopping Andy Burnham doesn't know his facts or can't decide – both are awful for UK. OPINION - CONOR WILSON: After a honeymoon summer, decisions are mounting for the Prime Minister and he must start making up his…
Factual core
- Andy Burnham participated in his first Prime Minister's Questions session.
- The Prime Minister must start making up his mind on key issues.
- Andy Burnham's 'new way of doing politics' lasted less than a lettuce
- In his inaugural PMQs, Andy Burnham defended his tax cuts by attacking
- A majority of Britons agree with Andy Burnham that Brexit was a 'wrong turn' for the UK.