PMQs review: the gender debate hands Badenoch her best performance yet

Kemi Badenoch challenged Keir Starmer on the issue of gender ID and women's spaces.

Her strategy was to showcase her own credentials and highlight Starmer 's inconsistency.

She was able to reel of a list of everything she had done to stop SNP 's gender recognition bill in Scotland .

The Prime Minister did not have the upper-hand, but his deflections accusing Badenoch of losing control of her party, reminding the House that few Tory MPs expect her to remain as leader for long, punching the bruise that is the threat of Reform on the Conservatives ’ right flank did their job. Badenoch won, but it was on points rather than a knock-out blow. And she can’t hope to get the topic of her dreams every week ..