Sir Keir Starmer has “squandered” his political capital “saving his own skin”, Kemi Badenoch said, after a bid to launch an inquiry into claims he misled Parliament over the Peter Mandelson affair was defeated.
Labour MPs were ordered to oppose Tuesday’s motion which would have seen the Prime Minister referred to the Commons Privileges Committee, in an echo of the process that eventually ended Boris Johnson’s political career.
At Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday, Sir Keir said the move by the Tories was rejected “decisively because everyone saw it for what it was – a desperate, baseless political stunt ahead of the May elections”.
However, Mrs Badenoch accused Sir Keir of “begging” his MPs to back him, adding: “The whole country is sick of this man’s tone deaf, pompous moralising.”
She has said the Prime Minister was guilty of misleading the Commons when he claimed due process was followed and no pressure was exerted to grant Lord Mandelson security clearance against official advice.
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey said: “The Prime Minister has had to fire one US ambassador for lying.
Does he fear he’ll now have to fire a second one for telling the truth?”
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