Rishi Sunak makes trans jibe in front of Brianna Ghey’s mother

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Rishi Sunak has come below hearth for making a tasteless joke about transgender girls whereas Esther Ghey, the mother of the murdered teenager Brianna Ghey, sat in the gallery at PMQs at the moment.

The prime minister accused the chief of the opposition, Keir Starmer, of u-turning on his definition of a lady.

Mr Sunak mentioned it was “a bit rich” to listen to about guarantees from somebody who damaged each single promise he was elected on”.

Sunak listed “pensions, planning, peerages”, amongst others, earlier than including that that the Labour chief had u-turned on “defining a woman, although, in fairness, that was only 99 per cent of a u-turn.”

Mr Starmer replied: “Of all the weeks to say that, when Brianna’s mother is in this chamber. Shame.”

Mr Starmer added that Sunak was “parading as a man of integrity when he has got absolutely no responsibility”, whereas shouts of disgrace ran up from the backbenches.

He added: “I think the role of the prime minister is to make sure that every single citizen in this country feels safe and respected, and it’s a shame the prime minister doesn’t share that”.

Despite the Labour chief’s feedback – and a request from Labour MP Liz Twist to apologise – the PM has not provided an apology for his feedback.