Kemi Badenoch slams Keir Starmer for ‘lifting’ sanctions on Russian oil during heated PMQs exchange: ‘It’s like the Soviets won!’
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Kemi Badenoch has slammed Sir Keir Starmer for “lifting” sanctions on Russian oil during a tense clash in the first Prime Minister’s Questions since the local elections.
The Conservative leader accused the Prime Minister of “losing his moral compass” after the Government quietly relaxed its position on Russian crude oil amid the war in Ukraine.
She said Labour “should be ashamed” for lifting sanctions on Vladimir Putin’s energy industry while banning new licences for North Sea drilling.
Ms Badenoch told the Commons: “I wonder if he is okay. He is so deep in the bunker: he is importing sanctioned Russian oil, he’s nationalising steel, (and) he’s imposing price controls in the supermarket. It’s like the Soviets won.
“This country needs a government that has got its act together. Instead, what we have is a Prime Minister hanging by a thread with fake support by his backbenchers, too scared to take difficult decisions, losing his moral compass by backsliding on Ukraine.”
Ms Badenoch later thanked Sir Keir for his “U-turn” on fuel duty after a planned hike for September was scrapped.
