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Prime Minister’s Questions – Cameron’s first 2008 Conquest

By on Wednesday 9th January 2008 18:37 / 2 comments

 

“Compared with being a Chancellor in [Gordon Brown's] government, being a magnetic strip on a card is probably a welcome relief” says the Leader of the Opposition as he verbally lays into the Prime Minister over and over.

Yes, Prime Minister’s Questions returned in style this week, with David Cameron challenging the Prime Minister on ID Cards and the Capital Gains Tax, whilst Gordon Brown seemed to get lost in confusion as he asked the Leader of the Opposition the same question over and over, despite receiving a clear answer.

At the same time, Nick Clegg played it safe during his first questioning of the Prime Minister – providing initial confirmation that he lacks the drive and enthusiasm that David Cameron has – and the lovey-dovey gentle massaging of egoes between Brown and Clegg looks to fuel suspicion that, in the event of a hung Parliament, a Lib-Lab coalition will be the result.

ConservativeHome was not quite as impressed with Cameron as my politics class, in which even the Labour Party member was howling in despair at Brown’s dithering: “CONSERVATIVEHOME VERDICT: “Lots of Punch and Judy. No clear winner although Gordon Brown does appear to be leaving the door open to not progressing from voluntary ID cards to compulsory ID cards. Nick Clegg gave a reasonable performance but he had nothing to rival David Cameron’s debut performance line to Tony Blair: ‘You were the future once’.“”.

 

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2 Comments

  1. Cllr John Ward says:
    Wednesday 9th January 2008 at 20:26

    It seemed to me that Brown had been working hard to build up his confidence, as even the quivering hand phenomenon had ceased on this occasion.

    Brown was definitely improved on how he had been prior to the Christmas/New Year break, but did indeed repeat his question after it had been answered a lot more clearly and directly than his answers tended to be. Not that it is his place to ask questions, and the Speaker should have intervened to put a stop to this, but didn’t. Naughty Gorbals Mick!

    As far as Clegg is concerned, he is easing himself into his new role, and physically positioning himself down the bench a little way, which is interesting. Put together with the “lovey-dovey” stuff you mention, this does look very much like an attempt to prepare the way for a possible post-election coalition. There was no other way I could read it.

    It reminded me a bit of the unholy alliance between opposition parties and their supporters here in Medway last Spring, in a way…

  2. Cllr John Ward says:
    Thursday 10th January 2008 at 00:33

    Just to clarify: Clegg seemed to be positioning himself specifically away from the Conservatives, which suggests that he is preparing to ally himself with Labour if there is a hung parliament after the next General Election.

 
 

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