Corbyn confronts May over rising crime and police cuts at PMQs – Politics live

Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen, including Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn at PMQsPMQs – Snap verdictPMQs – Verdict from the Twitter commentariat 1.39pm GMT Sir Vince Cable, the Lib Dem leader, has described Theresa May’s refusal to rule out letting the US bid for NHS contracts as part of a US-UK trade deal (see 12.37pm) as “pathetic”. He contrasts that with the stance the European commission took when it was negotiating the TTIP deal with the US. (The link in his tweet takes you to a commission letter on this from 2015.)Pathetic non-committal response to my question at #PMQs stands in stark contrast to guarantees given by EU trade negotiator with US that #NHS would be protected. Brexit Britain in a far weaker negotiating position. https://t.co/saEFz8z7RL 1.27pm GMT This is what political journalists and commentators are saying about PMQs. Generally people think Jeremy Corbyn did best, although there is quite a lot of despair at the overall state of PMQs, and particularly the absence of discussion of Brexit.My snap verdict on #PMQs: Theresa May should have done better on her home turfhttps://t.co/RsoE8bALAN pic.twitter.com/qhpXTal1eKExposing May on police cuts was one of Labour’s big election successes, so Corbyn wise to repeat. #PMQsMy #PMQs review: Corbyn turns May’s record against her as he exposes her police cuts. https://t.co/xu1ebGXc02May meekly lets Jeremy Corbyn off the hook on law and order: https://t.co/pAdQ4iuE54Corbyn question shows how Labour think they can put a serious dent in the Tory reputation for being tough on crimeThought Corbyn did much better this week. Shorter, sharper questioning. May on the back-foot quite a bit.You can tell May is on the back-foot when she moves away from the specific issue raised and talks about Labour wrecking the economy. #pmqsDCI Corbyn tasered cop snatcher May over police cuts and rising crime. Con MPs stunned they’re nicked as the party of lawlessness and disorder #PMQsGloves off from May. Says knife crime up under @SadiqKhan. Suspect Corbyn answer about probation, community service and rehab of offenders will be exploited by Tories who say he is ‘soft’ on fighting crime.Corbyn and May trading crime stats and diff ways of measuring it. But it’s the experience on the ground that really impacts with public, rather than the numbers. https://t.co/fmQp7EtA75Although police cuts work well for Labour on the doorstep – already being pushed as an issue ahead of local elections #PMQsEven by the standards of recent #PMQs that was a pretty poor set of exchanges between May and Corbyn. Statistics and slogans yelled back and forth, endlessly and fruitlessly.Quite a few spaces on the green benches for today’s #PMQs. Who can blame MPs for staying away from the parish council plenary bore-fest that this great institution has become?Watching #PMQs, you’d never know Britain was facing a decision that will shape the next few decades. Brexit barely mentionedStatement of the obvious: whatever the surrounding context, as demonstrated by #PMQs, the fact that the Opposition will not challenge/scrutinise the gov’t on the Brexit mess is absurd, & a dereliction of the basics of parl’y democracy. Continue reading…
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