Downing St has swiftly distanced itself from David Lidington after he told Labour's Emily Thornberry to “grow-up” in a bad-tempered Commons exchange over lowering the voting age. https://www.politicshome.com/news/uk/social-affairs/discrimination/news/92495/downing-st-slaps-down-david-lidington-over-telling
PMQs: 31/01/2018
It was the stand ins for today's PMQs with David Lidington taking over for Theresa May during her trip to China. Emily Thornberry took Jeremy Corbyn's spot. It was an interesting exchange based around female representation in the commons and the question over lowering the voting age to 16. Unfortunately for Mr Lidington he did … Continue reading PMQs: 31/01/2018
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