By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter First of all, today’s PMQs was an extremely rowdy and red-faced affair — even more so than usual. Questions had to be shouted over the din. Ed Miliband called David Cameron “the boy from the Bullingdon Club”, to cheers from his own side. Mr Cameron suggested that the Labour leader […]
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. Today's PMQs was lively, but was simply the warm-up act for the Autumn Statement that followed it. I will attempt not to detain you for long.
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter Unsurprisingly, two subjects simmered to the fore in PMQs today: the Work Programme and tomorrow’s Leveson Report. The first of these occupied most of the exchange between David Cameron and Ed Miliband. The second emerged in backbench questions. So, let’s start with the leaders’ exchange, shall we? This promised to […]
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. PMQs returned this afternoon after the PPC and by-elections and a week of Nick Clegg filling in. The first third or so of the session this week was taken up by Ed Miliband and David Cameron agreeing with each other on Israel/Palestine's current conflict. The only moment of possible […]
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter Drop Nick Clegg in front of the despatch box, and some remarkable transformations take place. The Labour benches start braying even more than usual. The Deputy Prime Minister gets angrier and angrier in return. And the Tory backbenches start to warm to this fellow who has it in for their […]
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By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter Europe, wind farms, Trident, boundaries — this Halloween edition of PMQs promised to be rather gruesome for David Cameron, and that’s how it seemed for the opening five minutes or so. The first question, from Andrew Stephenson, was about the EU Budget. And although it was one of those friendly […]
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. PMQs was predicted to be a lively affair today – and it was, but not necessarily for the reason anticipated. The Prime Minister's most probing questions came from the Leader of the Opposition, and not from his own backbenchers – who could have caused Mr Cameron some trouble on […]
By Peter HoskinFollow Peter on Twitter Those eagerly anticipating a Mitch-hunt in today’s PMQs had to sit waiting for quite some time. First, there was the tragically long list of fallen troops and policewomen to be commemorated, as well as the late MPs Malcolm Wicks and Sir Stuart Bell. And then Ed Miliband led in with […]
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. A subdued exchange between Cameron and Miliband today. Cameron had impressive employment figures to point to – so he did. Labour's Chris Bryant asked the first question, noting bad employment figures since the recession for women, including in the figures out today. What does the Prime Minister have against women, […]
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. The first PMQs for months. A reshuffle, which newspapers have framed as a "lurch to the right" and bad for women, and Save the Children holding a campaign to raise awareness of poverty not in the third world but in Britain. Ed Miliband had plenty to bash the Government […]