Kemi Badenoch probed Keir Starmer further on how Trump’s election could impact defense spending and free trade talks with the U.S.Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

PMQs: Kemi Badenoch wins by using her Trump card – POLITICO

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Prime minister’s questions: a shouty, jeery, very occasionally useful advert for British politics. Here’s what you need to know from the latest session in POLITICO’s weekly run-through.

Elephant in the room: A new party leader’s debut PMQs is usually the top political story of the day. But Kemi Badenoch’s first outing against Keir Starmer as Tory chief was *slightly* overshadowed by Donald Trump winning the U.S. election. Both party leaders congratulated him — even if Starmer’s fulsome praise for the Republican comeback kid seemed like it was delivered through gritted teeth.

What they sparred about: Badenoch went straight in on questions about the impact of Trump’s presidency — and then pivoted to Starmer’s plans at home.