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Prime Minister refuses to respond to Kemi Badenoch over 'paedo defenders' comment
Kemi Badenoch refused to apologize for calling Labour the 'paedo defenders party' during PMQs, citing reports of voter language and an arrested Labour MP, sparking strong Commons backlash.
- Yesterday at Warbottle Academy near Newcastle, Leader of the Opposition Sir Keir Starmer refused to respond to Mrs Badenoch after her Prime Minister's Questions comment.
- Kemi Badenoch referenced a former MP arrested for child sex offences while criticising Labour, following The Times reporting that female Labour MPs said voters had `screamed` the phrase earlier this month.
- Speaker Lindsay Hoyle called for calm in the Commons after the comment, with survivors including Labour MP Natalie Fleet and Katie Amess condemning the line.
- Badenoch refused to apologise, saying she would `absolutely not apologise` on Wednesday evening and defended the remark on an LBC phone‑in, saying `These people know how to dish it, but they don’t want to take it.`
- The Prime Minister emphasised policy, pointing to recent cost‑of‑living measures such as the energy price cap, highlighting that `That's 117 pounds off energy bills` per household and noting frozen rail fares and prescription charges.
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The Independent (US)Tory leader Kemi Badenoch refuses to apologise after ‘paedo defenders’ jibe
The Tory leader made the comments at Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday
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