The Deputy PM caught the attention of viewers while on the front bench.
Viewers of Prime Minister’s Questions today noticed the same thing about Deputy Prime Minister, David Lammy. The Tottenham MP was seen on the front bench with Sir Keir Starmer, the leader of the Labour Party, as he responded to queries from MPs. Those watching on thought he looked rather tired. Shauney Connor wrote: “Lammy looks shattered.”
Janet Ellis posted: “Is Lammy drunk? Drugged up? Or is he just struggling to stay awake? State of him.” @Smithey21026 wrote: “David Lammy falls asleep during PMQs. We, as a nation, are being sleepwalked towards disaster.” @Slfc05 posted: “DAVID LAMMY ASLEEP AT PMQs”
Gary Pickles wrote: “Lammy asleep at PMQs?”
On Monday, Mr Lammy held talks in Washington DC with his “friend”, the Vice President of the United States, JD Vance. Barbara Sutton wrote: “Oh I see David Lammy is back from visiting his ‘friend’ JD Vance in Washington – looking the worse for wear.
“I wonder when we might hear the purpose/aim of his visit?”
Mr Lammy also met with the US Secretary of State, Marco Rubio.
The men discussed the current crisis in the Middle East, including the Strait of Hormuz.
Mr Lammy is understood to have highlighted the role the UK is playing in the international effort to ensure shipping can pass freely through the maritime chokepoint.
Sir Keir Starmer insisted during PMQs that he is “not going to yield” to pressure from Donald Trump, after the US president threatened to change the terms of a trade deal with Britain after the Prime Minister’s refusal to get involved in the Iran war.
Mr Trump suggested the terms of the UK-US trade agreement brokered last year “can always be changed” in an overnight interview with Sky News.
Relations between British and American leaders have deteriorated after Sir Keir ruled out UK involvement in the Middle East conflict.
Mr Trump’s latest broadside at Sir Keir’s Government comes after details of the King’s state visit to the US later this month were revealed.
Speaking at Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons, Sir Keir addressed Mr Trump’s overnight comments.
He told MPs: “My position on the Iran war has been clear from the start. We’re not going to get dragged into this war. It is not our war.
“A lot of pressure has been applied to me to take a different course, and that pressure included what happened last night.
“I’m not going to change my mind. I’m not going to yield.
“It is not in our national interest to join this war, and we will not do so. I know where I stand.”