'Nowhere to hide!' Top tory declares the 'chickens are coming home to roost' ahead of Keir Starmer crunch vote

Georgia Pearce
Mon, 27 Apr 2026 16:15:56 +0000

Andrew Griffith has declared there is "nowhere to hide" for the Prime Minister as he is set to face a key vote on whether a sleaze probe is launched.

Speaking to GB News, the Shadow Business Secretary took aim at Sir Keir Starmer following confirmation of the vote.

Reacting to the vote being granted, Mr Griffith told GB News host Martin Daubney: "Well, that clucking sound you can hear from the Prime Minister is all the chickens coming home to roost.

"And it's going to be interesting to see two-tier Keir try and wriggle out of this one."

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Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle confirmed earlier today the Prime Minister is now set to face a crunch vote tomorrow over claims he has misled MPs.

The Speaker of the House declared: "In this case, having taken advice, have decided to allow the House to come to a view on whether the Committee of Privileges should look at the matter."

Mr Griffith took aim at backbench Labour MPs, arguing that the vote will be one of "conscience" and declaring "where they stand" on the matter.

He explained: "These privileged votes are traditionally not things that people whip, and in fact one of the things that undermined the Boris Johnson administration was when they did whip to try and defend someone called Owen Paterson. That was very unusual.

"The Prime Minister, amongst others, criticised that at the time, so as as Kimi Badenoch has said, this is a conscience vote, there'll be nowhere to hide."

The Tory MP suggested: "I think you might find quite a lot of ministers finding various important overseas trips that they need to be on, and quite a lot of Labour backbenchers suddenly deciding it's time for a day in the constituency.

"But there's nowhere to hide, this is a conscience vote and they will need to say where they stand. This is about the privileges of Parliament, right? And Parliament can't operate other than on the basis that people tell the truth."

Pressed by Martin on whether Sir Keir will resign, Mr Griffith cast doubt on the Prime Minister taking such action.

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He said: "I don't expect him to resign. What tomorrow's actually about is individual Labour members of Parliament. It's their conscience.

"They are the ones who are going to have to go home the following day or the next day, whenever Parliament rises, and be held to account by their constituents.

"I will certainly be voting for the Prime Minister to be investigated by the Privileges Committee, he can make his case there. It looks like he's misled the House and I don't see why anyone would be voting to preempt that."

A No10 spokesperson told GB News: "The Government is engaging with the two parliamentary processes that are already running on Peter Mandelson’s appointment with full transparency.

"This is a desperate political stunt by the Conservative Party the week before the May elections because they have no answers on the cost of living or the NHS. Their claims have no substance."

Speaking in the House of Commons following the decision by Sir Lindsay Hoyle, Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister Darren Jones said that by the "end of today", the Cabinet Office "will have passed to the Intelligence and Security Committee all of the material processed as part of the humble address".

He told MPs: "The House will recognise that, given the breadth of the motion, a very significant number of documents have been found to be in scope and that it is taking time to process these accordingly.

"The team has been seeking to take an approach to sifting and publishing information, which allows it to respond to the will of this House thoroughly but expeditiously, and in line with the approach taken by previous Governments in responding to humble addresses."