”You are desperate for relevance” – UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer slams Kemi Badenoch

The UK Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, has slammed Tory leader Kemi Badenoch for desperately seeking relevance.

The UK Prime Minister, Keir Starmer during a plenary on Wednesday, February 26th, 2025, in response to Badenoch’s claim on cutting aid in the defence budget, described Badenoch as a “self-appointed saviour of Western civilization desperate for relevance”

The Tory leader had earlier claimed Starmer heeded her advice on cutting aid while raising questions about the defence budget.

She said, “Over the weekend I suggested to the prime minister that he cut the aid budget, and I am pleased that he accepted my advice. It’s the fastest response I’ve ever had from the prime minister.

However, he announced £13.4 billion of additional defence spending yesterday. This morning, his defence secretary said the uplift is only £6bn. Which is the correct figure?”

Responding, Starmer said he had never seen her proposal before putting out the figure.

Starmer said, “I’m going to have to let the opposition leader down gently. She didn’t feature in my thinking at all. I was so busy over the weekend that I didn’t even see her proposal.

She has appointed herself, I think, the saviour of Western civilization. It’s a desperate search for relevance. If you take the numbers for this financial year, and then the numbers for financial year 27/28, that’s a £13.4bn increase the largest sustained increase in defence spending since the Cold W@r.”

Netizens rejoiced over Prime Minister, Keir Starmer’s statement. They said Badenoch has been acting as a Saint and portraying Africans especially Nigerians in a bad light. And they are happy that those she is clamouring for don’t appreciate what she is doing.