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Angela Rayner stepped in for Keir Starmer at Prime Minister's Questions today while the Labour leader self-isolates at home.
The deputy Labour leader's "blistering" performance has been widely praised for making Boris Johnson look "completely out of his depth".
Fantastic PMQs from my friend Angela Rayner!— Keir Starmer (@Keir Starmer) 1600255430
.@AngelaRayner was on blistering form in a brilliant #PMQs performance. Boris Johnson looked completely out of his depth.— David Lammy (@David Lammy) 1600255746
.@AngelaRayner off to a flying start. Seems already have reduced the PM to stuttering incoherence.— Paul Waugh (@Paul Waugh) 1600254203
Rayner opened her line of questioning by asking Johnson what the hourly wage of a care worker in England is.
Unsurprisingly, she didn't get a straight answer.
.@AngelaRayner “I have a message from a man called Keir...Keir was able to do the right thing and self isolate and… https://t.co/PurcGPiUd0— Lewis Goodall (@Lewis Goodall) 1600254222
She also questioned how the government will roll out mass testing next year as it plans to when people are struggling to access a single test today.
Good line from @AngelaRayner "The PM has put his faith in Operation Moonshot. Meanwhile, on Planet Earth, there… https://t.co/eS6xVjoaDU— Pippa Crerar (@Pippa Crerar) 1600254598
People are being sent hundreds of miles away from their homes to find tests.
Probably the most iconic line, though, was her dig about Dominic Cummings.
Proper zinger from Angela Rayner to Boris Johnson at #PMQs: “The next time a man with Covid symptoms drives from Lo… https://t.co/GJtMiwwOAY— Robert Hutton (@Robert Hutton) 1600254750
Rayner also took a leaf out of Ed Miliband's book and told Johnson to stop blaming other people for his own "incompetence".
Infections are rising. The testing system is collapsing.
When you are prime minister you can't keep trying to blame other people for your own incompetence.Â
Infections are rising. Testing is collapsing. And the Prime Minister brings back grouse shooting. #PMQs https://t.co/3Lo8c6YWxk— Sam Tarry MP (@Sam Tarry MP) 1600262114
And she had something to say about the fact that hunting and grouse shooting are exempt from the latest ban on large gatherings.
Because, of course they are.
With confirmation that one of his children has tested negative with coronavirus, it's unlikely Starmer will return to PMQs next week.
But in his absence, he can rest assured that his deputy will hold her own and completely eviscerate the PM.
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