{"id":4437,"date":"2026-03-25T14:16:51","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T14:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=4437"},"modified":"2026-03-25T14:16:51","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T14:16:51","slug":"nigel-farage-and-reform-mps-walk-out-of-pmqs-after-starmer-slams-party-for-abandoning-voters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=4437","title":{"rendered":"Nigel Farage and Reform MPs walk out of PMQs after Starmer slams party for \u2018abandoning voters\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Nigel Farage and Reform MPs walk out of PMQs after Starmer slams party for \u2018abandoning voters\u2019\" width=\"620\" height=\"500\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"w-full object-cover rounded-md\" style=\"color:transparent;background-size:cover;background-position:50% 50%;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-image:url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' viewBox='0 0 620 500'%3E%3Cfilter id='b' color-interpolation-filters='sRGB'%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3CfeColorMatrix values='1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 100 -1' result='s'\/%3E%3CfeFlood x='0' y='0' width='100%25' height='100%25'\/%3E%3CfeComposite operator='out' in='s'\/%3E%3CfeComposite in2='SourceGraphic'\/%3E%3CfeGaussianBlur stdDeviation='20'\/%3E%3C\/filter%3E%3Cimage width='100%25' height='100%25' x='0' y='0' preserveAspectRatio='none' style='filter: url(%23b);' href='data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAQAAACEN3D\/AAAAL0lEQVR42mP4z8DAwMiAARgZGJhY+P\/\/PwMDAwPDfwYGBgaGhgYGhgYGAAD9Hwlr5xRngAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg=='\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E&quot;)\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, (max-width: 1100px) 620px, 620px\" src=\"\/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.joe.co.uk%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F03%2FJOE-feature-image-template-2026-03-25T125539.207.png%3Fheight%3D576%26width%3D1024&amp;w=360&amp;q=75 360w, \/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.joe.co.uk%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F03%2FJOE-feature-image-template-2026-03-25T125539.207.png%3Fheight%3D576%26width%3D1024&amp;w=414&amp;q=75 414w, \/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.joe.co.uk%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F03%2FJOE-feature-image-template-2026-03-25T125539.207.png%3Fheight%3D576%26width%3D1024&amp;w=640&amp;q=75 640w, \/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.joe.co.uk%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F03%2FJOE-feature-image-template-2026-03-25T125539.207.png%3Fheight%3D576%26width%3D1024&amp;w=768&amp;q=75 768w, \/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.joe.co.uk%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F03%2FJOE-feature-image-template-2026-03-25T125539.207.png%3Fheight%3D576%26width%3D1024&amp;w=1024&amp;q=75 1024w, \/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.joe.co.uk%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F03%2FJOE-feature-image-template-2026-03-25T125539.207.png%3Fheight%3D576%26width%3D1024&amp;w=1280&amp;q=75 1280w, \/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.joe.co.uk%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F03%2FJOE-feature-image-template-2026-03-25T125539.207.png%3Fheight%3D576%26width%3D1024&amp;w=1536&amp;q=75 1536w\" bad-src=\"https:\/\/www.joe.co.uk\/_next\/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcms.joe.co.uk%2Fuploads%2F2026%2F03%2FJOE-feature-image-template-2026-03-25T125539.207.png%3Fheight%3D576%26width%3D1024&amp;w=1536&amp;q=75\"\/><!--$--><\/p>\n<p><h2>&#8220;I see Reform MPs have walked out!&#8221;<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose drop-cap \">\n<p>Nigel Farage and Reform MPs stormed out of prime minister\u2019s questions in a strop after Keir Starmer slammed the party for \u2018abandoning voters.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>During Wednesday\u2019s session of PMQs, Farage stood up to put it to the prime minister that his promise to \u2018smash the gangs\u2019 has been a \u201ctotal abject failure.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>In response, Starmer pointed out that Farage and his party had voted against government plans to give law enforcement counter-terrorism powers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>The PM said this was just the latest example of Reform exploiting issues for their own gain, saying Farage \u2018wants the grievance, he doesn\u2019t want it sorted.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>After calling out Farage for his Iran war U-turn, Starmer then brought up the issue of Worcestershire county council.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Starmer continued: \u201cHe asks for people\u2019s votes and then he abandons them. Reform don\u2019t want to solve problems, they only want to exploit them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>\u201cI am thankful for the opportunity to change this country for the better, he says he wish he hadn\u2019t bothered winning councils.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an absolute disgrace.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>When Labour MP Marie Tidbell then stood to ask her question, there was commotion in the chamber and the speaker had to call for order.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>It turns out, this was because Farage and his gang of MPs had stormed out in a huff, sparking laughter and shouts of \u2018bye\u2019 from opposition MPs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Tidbell\u2019s question was about the recent decision for the government to fund the renovation of the Crucible theatre in Sheffield so that the Snooker World Championships could remain there.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>This gave Starmer the perfect set up for a gag, as he commented: \u201cI see Reform have walked out, they obviously realise they\u2019re absolutely snookered!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><\/div>\n<p>#Nigel #Farage #Reform #MPs #walk #PMQs #Starmer #slams #party #abandoning #voters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I see Reform MPs have walked out!&#8221; Nigel Farage and Reform MPs stormed out of prime minister\u2019s questions in a strop after Keir Starmer slammed the party for \u2018abandoning voters.\u2019 During Wednesday\u2019s session of PMQs, Farage stood up to put it to the prime minister that his promise to \u2018smash the gangs\u2019 has been a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4438,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4119,1709,221,1708,541,4542,18,957,2242,898,608,4499],"class_list":{"0":"post-4437","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"tag-abandoning","9":"tag-farage","10":"tag-mps","11":"tag-nigel","12":"tag-party","13":"tag-pmqs","14":"tag-politics","15":"tag-reform","16":"tag-slams","17":"tag-starmer","18":"tag-voters","19":"tag-walk"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}