Hundreds of fresh-faced Labour MPs crammed into the Commons today to give new PM Sir Keir Starmer a hero’s welcome.
The army of “Starmtroopers” squeezed onto the government benches to ring in the 2024 Parliament and see their leader speak from the dispatch box for the first time as premier.
They faced off against a rainbow assortment of Opposition MPs led by vanquished Tory leader Rishi Sunak - who wished his successor well.
His rump of 121 Conservatives were forced to sit side-by-side with the resurgent 72 Lib Dems, nine SNPs and five Reform MPs.
Nigel Farage led his “Famous Five” into Westminster today - with Lee Anderson declaring the “foxes were in the henhouse”.
Sir Lindsay Hoyle was reelected unopposed as Speaker and was “dragged” to his chair as is tradition - dating back to when the job was unenviable because many lost their heads.
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