Share this 'I know the Prime Minister doesn't want to look behind him. But nobody raised their hand,' the Tory leader said Kemi Badenoch dared Labour MPs to back Andy Burnham after he opened the door to EU migration by refusing to rule out a return to free movement with the continent. The Conservative leader demanded a show of hands from backbenchers in the heated PMQs exchange. Ahead of an EU summit next month, the Prime Minister called for an “honest, evidence-based discussion” on free movement, which gives citizens the right to live, work and study in other European countries without needing a visa.
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The article never reports that a No 10 spokeswoman said the Prime Minister was not proposing a return to free movement, or that officials said it was not government policy. Without this, a reader believes the government is moving towards restoring free movement.
“Who doesn't want a debate about freedom of movement? The Home Secretary, she's been very clear on that. The business secretary doesn't either,” Mrs Badenoch began. “The culture secretary and I don't agree on much, but even she doesn't want the Prime Minister to restart this debate. “What about the backbenchers? Let's have a show of hands. Who wants free movement?” The Conservative benches erupted into jeering and laughter as the Conservative leader issued her challenge.
Meanwhile, Labour MPs stayed in stony silence, refusing to budge. “He wants free movement. I know the Prime Minister doesn't want to look behind him. But nobody raised their hand,” Mrs Badenoch grinned. She continued: “There was someone else who didn't want to reopen free movement. An ambitious candidate fighting a by-election earlier this year, he said, and I quote: ‘The last thing we should do right now is rerun those arguments.’ “So does the Prime Minister still agree with himself?”
“I'm trying to get a better deal for Britain at the EU summit that we're about to do,” Mr Burnham responded. WATCH ABOVE Follow related topics:
GB News writes in its own voice that Andy Burnham "opened the door to EU migration" and calls his position a "Brexit U-turn", although its own body reports only a call for a discussion on free movement. The article also leaves out that No 10 said the Prime Minister was not proposing a return to free movement.
States one side's claim as fact
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“after he opened the door to EU migration”
Why this matters
GB News writes "opened the door to EU migration" in its own narration, not as Kemi Badenoch's words. It turns a call for a debate into a policy move on migration.
The impression it gives
Burnham has taken a step towards letting EU migrants back in under free movement.
The context
The article's own account is that the Prime Minister called for a discussion on free movement. Downing Street said he was not proposing a return to free movement, and officials said it was not government policy.
How we know
Elsewhere in the article“the Prime Minister called for an”
The headline calls Burnham's position a "Brexit U-turn" in GB News's own voice.
The impression it gives
Burnham has reversed Brexit policy.
The context
The body reports only that he called for a discussion on free movement ahead of an EU summit, and that he said he was seeking a better deal at that summit.
How we know
Elsewhere in the article“I'm trying to get a better deal for Britain”
Elsewhere in the article“the Prime Minister called for an”
The article never reports that a No 10 spokeswoman said the Prime Minister was not proposing a return to free movement, or that officials said it was not government policy. Without this, a reader believes the government is moving towards restoring free movement.