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Theresa May dodged a barrage of Trump-related questions at PMQs

Theresa May dodged a barrage of Trump-related questions at PMQs
Theresa May dodged a barrage of Trump-related questions at PMQs Theresa May dodged a barrage of Trump-related questions at PMQs

Considering the week that Theresa May has had, it’s perhaps little surprise that Donald Trump was top of the agenda at PMQs.

While May was sure to assert her dedication to the special relationship, MPs were predominantly concerned with her response to Trump’s executive orders on immigration.

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The PM did describe his Muslim ban as “divisive and wrong”, but was also quick to dodge any association by saying that she was not personally given any advance warning of Trump’s executive orders. She argued that everyone had an idea of what was to come from Trump’s rhetoric on the campaign trail.

This wasn’t quite enough for Jeremy Corbyn, who was particularly sassy today in his grilling of May over her stance on Trump.

It wasn’t just Corbyn who was keen to probe May about Trump: other Labour MPs including Jonathan Reynolds made it clear that they thought her response to his executive orders were inadequate.

However, May somehow managed to dodge any kind of definitive answer.

However, some people thought that Corbyn wasn’t quite doing enough to get an answer out of the PM. She’s had a tough week, so people thought Corbyn should’ve been running circles around her.

May did deliver quite a good burn to Corbyn when she said: “He can lead a protest. I’m leading a country.”

But was it enough? Probably not, as people just felt like May wasn’t doing enough to fully answer the question. So despite another half hour of parliamentary chinwagging, May still seems loathe to say anything definitive. Perhaps she’s wary of spoiling the special relationship.