At his final PMQs, Starmer soaked up the love from all sides - and even some tenderness from Kemi

Keir Starmer's final Prime Minister's Questions session was marked by an uncharacteristically warm and generous atmosphere from opposition members, including Kemi Badenoch. The piece reflects on the fleeting nature of political popularity as leaders prepare to leave office.
While Starmer never excelled at PMQs, he was never a disaster, and many of his Tory predecessors can only look on with envy at his accomplishment in the Commons./Getty Images While Starmer never excelled at PMQs, he was never a disaster, and many of his Tory predecessors can only look on with envy at his accomplishment in the Commons./Getty Images The politics sketch Politics At his final PMQs, Starmer soaked up the love from all sides – and even some tenderness from Kemi John Crace It wasn’t his performances on Wednesday lunchtimes that did for the ultimate mid-table PM – it was all the other stuff
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