Lindsay Hoyle admonishes Starmer during PMQs
Starmer reportedly punched the Speaker’s chair.
Every Wednesday at noon, in the British House of Commons, are held the Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs), a 30-minute-long session in which the Premier answers the questions from the leader of the opposition, the leader of the third-largest party and a limited number of backbench MPs.
It has become a feature of his failed premiership that Labour leader Keir Starmer usually does not answer the questions, talking around it.
But during yesterday’s PMQs, Starmer reportedly threw a tantrum after Speaker Lindsay Hoyle repeatedly intervened and rebuked him for failing from answering questions.
NEW: Speaker Lindsay Hoyle has now told No 10 that Keir Starmer needs to stay on topic and answer questions at PMQs
Speaker’s spokesperson: “Answers should be confined to the points contained in the question. The Speaker has made this point to officials at No 10”
— Politics UK (@PolitlcsUK) April 15, 2026
WATCH: The Speaker tells off Keir Starmer for not directly answering Kemi Badenoch’s question
“Prime Minister, it’s Prime Minister’s questions”#PMQs pic.twitter.com/hS3miGVPSa
— Politics UK (@PolitlcsUK) April 15, 2026
When the session ended, a ‘purple-faced’ Starmer stopped by the Speaker’s chair and exchanged heated words with Hoyle even hitting his fist on the side of the Speaker’s ‘throne’, before storming out of the chamber.
WATCH: Keir Starmer is stopped by Speaker Lindsay Hoyle in a tense exchange after he was told to answer Kemi Badenoch’s question pic.twitter.com/AJ29uQWIAx
— Politics UK (@PolitlcsUK) April 15, 2026
Daily Mail reported:
“Keir Starmer is facing demands to apologize to the Commons Speaker over his extraordinary PMQs temper tantrum.
The premier confronted Lindsay Hoyle in the chamber after being reminded during yesterday’s session that he was the one facing questions – not the Leader of the Opposition.”
Keir Starmer was witnessed snapping at the Speaker after being scolded during PMQs yesterday.
“Is the pressure getting too much for him?
“Is it that he doesn’t know the answers to any of these questions?” @mrmarkdolan @Mike_Fabricant pic.twitter.com/v3DpcwmdC4
— Talk (@TalkTV) April 16, 2026
“Sir Keir strode up to Sir Lindsay following the clashes, with witnesses saying he was ‘fuming’ and even struck the side of the Speaker’s chair.
[…] Allies of the Speaker have pointed out that he regularly gets emails from members of the public complaining that the premier constantly dodges questions at PMQs.”
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