PMQs Review - Dave is Back
From the very first question on Brown's secret slush fund, the Prime Minister was on the back foot. He cocked up the joke he stole from Andrew Neil about changing policy through the day and he was clearly not expecting Dave to be back on classic form. And on form he was.
The Chilcot quotes, the Paddy Ashdown diaries quote and the nod to the fact Gordon throws his female staff around the bunker made for brilliant watching. Gordon was livid, Labour MPs were stone faced and even Darling laughed. He tried to fight back but was fuming. A fantastic return to form for Dave. About time too.
Dave 9, Gordon 2
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Bercow - big fat zero.
The chamber has more plants than Dobbies's
What no score from Clegg?
Cameron 9
Clegg 3
Brown 2
Bercow 0
Great PMQs from Dave for the first time in ages, and good to split the questioning on two good subjects.
Bercow has lost it though, surely he can't continue being ignorant of the planted questions, allowing Brown to tell lies about the Tories while giving them no right of reply?
If I were Hague I would consider a formal compaint. There were around 10 questions today from the Labour backbenches, none of which were anything to do with holding the PM or government to account - to the point where it is becoming farcical.
How can you take any Blogger seriously when they refer to the oppostion leader as "Dave"?
It only leads to all readers disregarding the entire content on this page as, at best, biased.
umm and when did I say I wasn't pro Cameron?
Go back to past pmqs reviews. happily critical.
What is the problem with calling him Dave? Here in Toryland we sometimes do and sometimes don't. It doesn't really mean much.
I'll now provide some clarity and balance: I know for a fact that TB is a fan of The Right Honourable David William Donald Cameron The Member of Parliament for Witney, Leader of her Majesty's Loyal Opposition and Leader of The Conservative Party of Great Britain, what I thought done good at PMQs today. :D
Chuck,
When you came onto a blue coloured blog named 'Tory Bear' it must have been when you got to the word 'Dave' that you considered it might be 'biased'.
The plants were diabolical this week, grovelling enablers assisting Gordon's belting out of mendacious cungtery. Brown may loathe Tony, but he's been happy to perpetuate the irrelevant travesty he turned most of PMQs into.
Are you serious? We must have been watching different PMQs.
I thought Brown was more relaxed than he has been for ages.
Sure, Cameron and Clegg had some strong lines of attack but then, after the recession and 13 years of opposition, they'd be fools not to have something.
But Brown was confident, made a couple of good gags. More importantly, his MPs were in ebullient mood and the Tory benches seemed tetchy and out of sorts. Must be that single figure lead...
Brendan, yes you were watching a different PMQs because you're trapped in a parallel universe.