Keir Starmer joked that Nigel Farage was the first person to take advantage of his new EU Brexit deal today as the Reform boss ducked Prime Minister's Questions in favour of a foreign holiday.
Mr Farage last night confirmed he was taking an overseas holiday, hours after he failed to appear in the Commons as the Prime Minister outlined an agreement bringing the UK closer to Brussels.
Once of the benefits to Brits Sir Keir was keen to shout about was UK tourists being allowed to use EU e-gates to speed up airport transit.
Mr Farage's absence was a surprise given his vocal leadership of the 2016 Leave cause in the referendum and his championing of the Brexiteer cause since.
And he was again a no-show in the chamber today as the PM faced his weekly grilling, leaving it to Reform chief whip Lee Anderson to ask a question about data on deported foreign nationals.
