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Wednesday, 21st November 2007

Brown survives PMQs

James Forsyth 12:06pm

Gordon Brown came out of that exchange better than I thought he would. He stayed calm and was actually doing very well until he tried blame the Tories, arguing that the Tory manifesto would have cut HMRC’s budget, and that gave David Cameron the opening the needed o deliver the scathing soundbite that will be replayed on the evening news. Then Cameron hit his stride, saying that Brown wants “to control everything but can’t run anything.” Overall, though, Brown will be relieved at how the exchange went—it could have been so much worse.

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Travis Bickle

November 21st, 2007 2:14pm

Brown did better than expected, helped no end by the first question, and a later timely intervention by the speaker. Is it asking for too much, though, for Labour front benchers not to be seen laughing and chatting between themselves when a question about servicemen who died this week was being addressed? Personally don't see what Jacqui Smith had to be looking so smug about after last week's fiasco in any case.

Dennis M Baulk

November 24th, 2007 5:02am

At this stage, a call for a vote of confidence could be deemed appropriate. This government does not appear to understand the effect it is having on the public or their reaction to it. They should be removed now before a real crisis, whether economic or otherwise, is created.

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