PMQs: Keir Starmer says Plaid Cymru MP ‘talks rubbish’

The prime minister has accused Plaid Cymru’s Westminster leader of consistently talking “rubbish”.

The rebuke came as Keir Starmer was criticised for his warning that the UK risks becoming an “island of strangers” without changes to its immigration system.

Liz Saville Roberts, Plaid Cymru’s lead spokesperson at Westminster, said that the PM “once spoke of compassion and dignity for migrants and for defending free movement.”

She added: “Now he talks of ‘islands of strangers’ and ‘taking back control’ – somebody here has to call this out…

“It seems the only principle he consistently defends is whichever he last heard in a focus group. So I ask him, is there any belief he holds which survives a week in Downing Street?”

The prime minister responded: “Yes, the belief that she talks rubbish”.

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