‘Shame’: Keir Starmer Rips Rishi Sunak For Trans Jibe As Trans Murder Victim’s Mother Watches From Gallery

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer ripped Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday for making a cheap jibe about trans people when dealing out criticism of the opposition party’s policy decisions while the mother of murdered trans teenager Brianna Ghey was present in the Commons chamber.

Sunak, accusing Starmer of breaking every single promise he was elected on, said: “I think I have counted almost 30 in the last year. Pensions, planning, peerages, public sector pay, tuition fees, childcare, second referendums, defining a woman, although in fairness that was only 99% of a u-turn. The list goes on but the theme is the same, it is empty words, broken promises and absolutely no plan.”

Starmer, visibly infuriated, rounded on Sunak’s jibe.

“Of all the weeks to say that, when Brianna’s mother is in this chamber. Shame,” he said. “Parading as a man of integrity when he’s got absolutely no responsibility. I think the role of the prime minister is to ensure that every single citizen in this country feels safe and respected, it’s a shame that the prime minister doesn’t share that.”

At that moment, Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle was forced to intervene as MPs jeered and others shouted “shame!”

Ghey, who was 16-year-old, was lured to a public park and stabbed 28 times with a hunting knife in February 2023 by two other teenagers. The case was so horrific that the judge made the extraordinary decision to name the two murderers during sentencing this week: Scarlett Jenkinson and Eddie Ratcliffe. The pair were sentenced to life in prison.