The comments made by Louise Haigh, the Shadow Secretary of State for Transport, on 8 December 2021.
Northern communities are, once again, paying the price for broken Tory promises on rail.
This great rail betrayal will hit millions of people, and leave the North in the slow lane for decades to come.
Promises made must be kept, and today Labour will stand up for our communities and demand they deliver the northern rail investment promised by the Prime Minister.
The comments made by Nick Thomas-Symonds, the Shadow Secretary of State for International Trade, on 8 December 2021.
The 2019 Conservative manifesto promised to negotiate a number of free trade agreements, including with the United States, within three years.
Time is ticking down and Ministers have not even identified the resources they need to implement existing agreements and conduct other negotiations at the same time. This is letting down UK workers and businesses.
Not only that, it is deeply concerning that the devolved administrations do not have the information they need to consider trade deals, this is extremely incompetent.
Ministers must get a grip of this and act urgently. Promoting British jobs and standards around the world should be a top priority.
The comments made by Jacob Rees-Mogg, the Leader of the House of Commons, on 7 December 2021.
I see we’re all here obeying regulations aren’t we?
I mean, this party isn’t going to be investigated by the police in a year’s time.
You are all carefully socially distanced, we have moved, I am pleased to tell you, from a metric to imperial system. I notice that you are all two inches away from each other which is what the regulations require.
The comments made by Sayeeda Warsi on Twitter on 8 December 2021.
Every minister, parliamentarian & staffer at the #downingstreetparty must resign NOW.
No ifs no buts
The rule of law is a fundamental value , the glue that hold us together as a nation.
Once that is trashed by those in power the very essence of our democracy is at stake.
The comments made by Hannah Bardell, the SNP MP for Livingston, on Twitter on 7 December 2021.
One of my team died of cancer earlier this year. Throughout her illness my team and I were not able to spend the time with her or indeed support each other, in the way we normally would have. So many have sacrificed so much during this pandemic. Tonight, I just feel sick and sad.
The comments made by Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister, on 7 December 2021.
What I can tell you is that all the guidelines were observed and continue to be observed.
The comments made by Piers Morgan, the media commentator, on Twitter on 7 December 2021.
Boris Johnson is continuing to lie about last year’s illicit Christmas party at No. 10 – even when we’ve all now seen his own spokeswoman on video laughing about it & wondering how best to lie about it to the media.
Even by his standards, this is absolutely shameful.
The comments made by Gary Lineker on 7 December 2021.
After all the sacrifices the people of this country have made, they’re laughing at us. Pretty unforgivable.
The comments made by Roger Gale, the Conservative MP for North Thanet, on 7 December 2021.
The No.10 party has all the hallmarks of another ‘Barnard Castle’ moment. No.10 clearly has some serious questions to answer. Fast.
The comments made by Angela Rayner, the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, on 7 December 2021.
Starting to feel like everyone except me got an invite to the No.10 Christmas parties…
Can’t imagine why they wouldn’t want me at an illegal party held whilst millions of people were separated from their family and friends.