Jeremy Clarkson, 61, has called out Sir Keir Starmer, 59, over an apparent blunder he made while hitting out at Prime Minister Boris Johnson, 57, during PMQs last week.
The presenter savagely branded the Labour leader “Sir Lego Head” in his latest column while questioning his criticism of Johnson.Jeremy began by blasting MPs for “sitting around arguing like schoolchildren in a playground brawl” over the ‘partygate’ scandal.However, when Starmer eventually veered away from discussing the alleged parties that were thrown at Number 10 Downing Street during lockdown, Jeremy wasn’t impressed with that either.Starmer slammed the leader of the Tories for raising taxes for working people.He was referring to the controversial £12bn rise in National Insurance tax, which is set to begin from April, despite people simultaneously facing rising living costs.The Labour MP asked: “Why do he and the chancellor keep raising taxes on working people?”Sir Keir went on to claim taxes are having to go up because growth is dwindling under the Conservative Government.Johnson quickly dismissed the criticism and said the UK has been dealing with an “unprecedented economic crisis” caused by the Covid pandemic.Weighing in on the PMQs debate, Jeremy penned in The Sun: “In a brief diversion this week, Sir Lego Head stopped talking about parties and asked the Tories why they keep raising taxes on working people.” The former Top Gear host then claimed Sir Keir had made an awkward error in his critique of the Prime Minister.
He fumed: “Well, you idiot, it might have something to do with the fact they can’t very well raise taxes on people who aren’t working.”Sir Keir previously urged Boris to resign as prime minister after he admitted to attending a.
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