Keir Starmer breaking character for 8 minutes straight as he says final goodbye to MPs in Commons

In an emotional session that saw many MPs in tears, as well as advisers in the public gallery, Mr Starmer bowed out with warm applause from the majority of the Commons. Before his last ever PMQs, Mr Starmer had gathered his top ministers for his final Cabinet meeting, where his colleagues gave him farewell gifts and a standing ovation at the end. They gave him a carriage clock, which includes a plaque engraved with: “Change promised, change fought for, change delivered. Thank you Keir – The Cabinet.” The silver clock from c.1920 was made by Dent, the British clockmaking firm which built Big Ben. He also received two bottles of wine, one of which was an English sparkling wine that was served at the French state visit last summer and a bottle of pinot grigio. Closing out his final session as leader, Mr Starmer told MPs: "Mr Speaker, this will be my last answer from this despatch box. "Every Prime Minister knows when they take up the torch, that the day will come when they have to pass it on. That day has come for me. This is the end of my political journey. "In six years we went from historic defeat in 2019 to historic victory in 2024, and in two years in government, I leave the country in better shape than I found it. I am proud of everything that we have achieved. The Mirror Facebook:   / dailymirror   The Mirror IG:   / dailymirror   The Mirror TikTok:   / dailymirror   The Mirror Twitter:   / dailymirror   The Mirror Homepage: https://www.mirror.co.uk Sign up for our newsletters: https://www.mirror.co.uk/email #keirstarmer #ukpolitics #Politics