{"id":144920,"date":"2025-05-21T17:26:55","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T16:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/?post_type=parliament&#038;p=144920"},"modified":"2025-05-21T17:27:53","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T16:27:53","slug":"first-through-the-e-gates-starmer-mocks-nigel-farage-as-reform-leader-holidays-in-france","status":"publish","type":"parliament","link":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/parliament\/first-through-the-e-gates-starmer-mocks-nigel-farage-as-reform-leader-holidays-in-france\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;First through the e-gates!&#8217;: PM mocks Nigel Farage as Reform leader holidays in France"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/player.target-video.com\/player\/build\/targetvideo.min.js\"><\/script> <div id=\"TargetVideo_47844653\" style=\"width:16;height:9;\" > <\/div> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> $bp(\"TargetVideo_47844653\", {\"video\":\"2127812\",\"width\":\"16\",\"height\":\"9\",\"id\":\"24436\"}); <\/script>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Keir Starmer mocked Nigel Farage for taking a foreign holiday while the House of Commons is sitting at prime minister&#8217;s questions on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Farage, who is currently holidaying in France, missed the PM&#8217;s major statement in the commons on Tuesday marking the UK-EU &#8220;reset&#8221; summit and corresponding deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The prime minister&#8217;s rebuke came after Reform chief whip Lee Anderson asked a question about illegal migration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Starmer responded: &#8220;It\u2019s very good he\u2019s standing in for the member for Clacton, I have to say &#8211; there was no sign of him yesterday at the EU statement.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Referencing his deal with the EU, the PM added: &#8220;[Farage] was the first through the e-gates&#8230; Nice work if you can get it.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Politics.co.uk is the UK\u2019s leading digital-only political website. <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/subscribe\/\"><i>Subscribe to our daily newsletter<\/i><\/a><i> for all the latest news and analysis.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keir Starmer mocked Nigel Farage for taking a foreign holiday while the House of Commons is sitting at prime minister&#8217;s questions on Wednesday. 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