In his parliamentary sketch in The Times, Tom Peck describes Natalie Elphicke's appearance on the Labour benches at PMQs as a "fireworks display", adding "somebody, somewhere might find they've been badly burned". The Daily Mirror's editorial says "when the likes of Ms Elphicke decide Britain will be better served with Keir Starmer in Number 10 it shows how much Labour has changed". In The Daily Mail, Quentin Letts notes that he saw only three Labour MPs shake Ms Elphicke's hand, but that she "soaked up the sunrays of everyone's attention", before leaving the chamber, shoulder-to-shoulder with Labour's leader, as they shared an awkward silence.
