PMQs

abbreviation

1. (in the UK) Prime Minister's questions

Example Sentences

Whenever the prime minister goes out of his way to mock or ridicule them during PMQs, Farage and his MPs including Richard Tice and Lee Anderson slap their thighs in pantomime laughter, believing they are being paid a high compliment.

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Sir Keir insisted he did not know what was in the emails when he defended the US ambassador at PMQs but said he knew Foreign Office officials had asked Lord Mandelson questions about the email.

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Sources have told the BBC that Mandelson was asked to resign on Wednesday, even though the prime minister had backed him at PMQs.

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On Wednesday morning, Mandelson's prediction of there being more to come was first reported, just as, in the normal routine, No 10 was planning the day and preparing the prime minister for his weekly PMQs bout in the Commons.

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Speaking earlier at PMQs, Badenoch said Lord Mandelson was "mired in scandal", raising questions over Sir Keir's "bad judgement".

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