Mhairi Black’s brutal PMQs takedown of Oliver Dowden is today’s funniest thing
It’s not often (ever) we leave PMQs feeling better than we did when it started, but thanks to the SNP’s deputy Commons leader Mhairi Black, we did just that.
Black, you might have seen, is stepping down at the next election, describing Westminster as an “outdated, sexist and toxic” working environment.
Her gain will be everyone else’s loss, including moments such as these when deputy PM – ha! – Oliver Dowden thought he had the better of her in the Commons on Wednesday.
Except he didn’t, he really didn’t, and it’s surely today’s best thing.
Mhairi Black(SNP) – "I thank Oliver Dowden for his kind words. We did join this place at the same time, & I'm pretty sure we'll be leaving at the same time" 🤣#PMQs pic.twitter.com/o9BaFBrC8q
— Haggis_UK 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 (@Haggis_UK) July 5, 2023
Boom!
If you want a longer clip for a bit of extra context …
Mhairi Black predicts the swift end of the Deputy Prime Minister's Oliver Dowden career.
"It's likely we'll be leaving together," she says.
— PoliticsJOE (@PoliticsJOE_UK) July 5, 2023
And here are just a few of the reactions it prompted.
https://twitter.com/mrdavemacleod/status/1676560493526278145?s=20
Mhairi Black turned PMQs into Burns Night with this beautifully brutal reply to Oliver Dowden.
Politics needs people like her, now more than ever. She’ll be such a loss.#PMQs pic.twitter.com/RIcnRIpaON
— Supertanskiii (@supertanskiii) July 5, 2023
https://twitter.com/JamesEFoster/status/1676552512734633984?s=20
Beautiful. pic.twitter.com/AcLaoiFX9f
— Grace Petrie (@gracepetrie) July 5, 2023
https://twitter.com/Annepop01/status/1676560016180953088?s=20
Mhairi Black with a mic drop:
“I thank Oliver Dowden for his kind words. We did join this place at the same time, & I'm pretty sure we'll be leaving at the same time"#PMQs
pic.twitter.com/TnEhK8SidA— nazir afzal (@nazirafzal) July 5, 2023
Think we’ve just heard Parliamentary burn of the year
Dep PM Oliver Dowden says he and @MhairiBlack joined the Commoms in the same year
Black: “I thank him for his kind words. He’s right we arrived at the same time. I think we’ll be leaving at the same time as well.” https://t.co/1eMoKsdwZB
— Lewis Goodall (@lewis_goodall) July 5, 2023
To conclude …
Ah, Mhairi Black retiring will be a loss to Westminster, not just because of top quality zingers like this today. https://t.co/5N5TUlz4Tc
— Dara Ó Briain (@daraobriain) July 5, 2023
Source Twitter @Haggis_UK
