Prime Minister's Questions returned to the House of Commons today after a summer break and it was like nothing had changed as Boris Johnson once again found himself being grilled by Keir Starmer.
The biggest talking point of the session revolved around the A-level fiasco, which saw the government U-turn after a controversial algorithm gave countless students exam results that were considerably below the grades they were predicted to receive.
Students across the UK were unable to sit their exams because of the coronavirus pandemic.
In their opening exchanges, the two leaders did not hold back against each other with Johnson doing his best to defend the government's decision to U-turn after the uproar and Starmer saying Johnson was "tin-eared and making it up as he goes along" adding that "he is just playing games."
Johnson's response was to question why Starmer was so critical of the U-turn, calling the Labour leader 'Captain Hindsight.' Starmer didn't miss a beat and replied with:
The problem is the prime minister is governing in hindsight, that's why he's making so many mistakes.
Keir Starmer - The problem is the Prime Minister is governing in hindsight, that's why he's making so many mistakes… https://t.co/KEo5KS0ZQl— Haggis_UK 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (@Haggis_UK 🇬🇧 🇪🇺) 1599045466
People were big fans of this comeback from the Labour leader.
Boris Johnson tries out his "Captain Hindsight" line against Keir Starmer who was asking about exam results. Labo… https://t.co/TkcLTGw2rW— Pippa Crerar (@Pippa Crerar) 1599045270
Johnson onto the attack, calling Starmer 'Captain Hindsight' leaping on a bandwagon' Starmer fires back. [PM] prete… https://t.co/0lzGnzEwk8— Beth Rigby (@Beth Rigby) 1599045139
#PMQs This is embarrassing. Johnson is even recycling his old gags now ("Captain Hindsight") Starmer: "The probl… https://t.co/ZP7V5ZDvrH— 💙KT *pro-PR* PARKER 🇫🇷🇬🇧🇪🇸 (@💙KT *pro-PR* PARKER 🇫🇷🇬🇧🇪🇸) 1599045050
Captain Shambles vs "Captain Hindsight"* #PMQs Johnson unable to defend himself or his Government so resorting to… https://t.co/8xsZypPekn— 💙 Jane 🌱 (@💙 Jane 🌱) 1599045325
In response to Boris Johnson recycling his "Captain Hindsight" jibe, Keir Starmer says the government are "ruling i… https://t.co/RFRgja9JPD— Snigdha Sparple (@Snigdha Sparple) 1599045174
I'm afraid it's also rather rich for Johnson to continue to try and call Starmer "Captain Hindsight" after 12 u-turns (and counting) #PMQs— Mother Gothel: whoman bean (@Mother Gothel: whoman bean) 1599045586
Johnson has previously used this line against Starmer in July, which is actually a joke stolen from South Park.
Starmer didn't say anything about the joke back then but has clearly spent his summer working on a reply should it come up again.