No 10 refuses to apologise for Sunak’s anti-trans joke, and says it was ‘legitimate’ for him to highlight Starmer’s U-turns
No 10 has defended Rishi Sunak’s decision to make a joke about trans people at PMQs. (See 12.06pm.)
Asked about the PM’s comment at the No 10 post-PMQs lobby briefing, a spokesperson said:
If you look back on what the prime minister was saying, there was a long list of U-turns that the leader of the opposition had been making.
I don’t think those U-turns are a joke, it is quite serious changes in public policy. I think it is totally legitimate for the prime minister to point those out.
The spokesperson also declined to apologise.
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