Dave and Ed strike each other
James Forsyth 1:37pm
It was a real blood and thunder PMQs today. This was the politics of the viscera; whose side are you on stuff.
Ed Miliband chose to start on the strikes. David Cameron ripped into him from the off, calling him ‘irresponsible, left-wing and weak.’ Miliband came back with an attack about how he
wasn’t going to demonise dinner ladies who earn less in a year than George Osborne’s annual skiing holiday costs, though he flubbed the line slightly.
The Tory benches were in full cry, and throughout the session Cameron kept coming back for another swing at Miliband and the union link. At one point, Cameron contemptuously declared that he was
going to say Miliband was taking Labour back to the days of Kinnock but ‘even Kinnock wasn’t as bad as that.’
There’s no doubt that the Tory side of the coalition believe the strikes are a winning issue for them. The fact that the Prime Minister’s trusted political spokeswoman Gabby Bertin is,
as The Sun reports, helping man the borders shows that they are leaning into this fight.
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telemachus'
November 30th, 2011 1:50pm Report this commentirresponsible, left-wing and weak
the cat calls of yellow-bellied Dave to anyone who cares
dave
November 30th, 2011 1:59pm Report this commentDave's right with this one - irresponsible, left-wing and weak.
I'd have probably called him a irresponsible, left wing and wet.
Is that an acceptable slur though?
TrevorsDen
November 30th, 2011 2:10pm Report this commentQuoting dinner ladies, whilst possibly clever on the surface, seems somewhat daft - if not crass.
Dinner ladies are part time employees, lets say 12 hrs/wk. And they do not work in the holidays do they?
Andrew Fletcher
November 30th, 2011 2:16pm Report this commentReturn to old fashioned tribal party politics today
Strangely comforting
Ultimate winners of this will be Lib Dems as both main parties will need them to form a govt. as neither will be able to command outright majority
Michelle Bonwick_Jones
November 30th, 2011 2:23pm Report this commentLeft-Wing, irresponsible and weak are the right words for Miliband,
This country needs Leader who makes the correct choices rather than the popular ones,Ed Miliband saying Labour were on the side of the Dinner Ladies! So that is where they have been for the past 13 years, Creating Non-Jobs in the Public sector for Dinner Ladies ETC...Prehaps if these jobs were not Created there would have been no need for such drastic Cuts...
I know i have mentioned it before but did anyone see Len McClusky on The News with Adam Boulton He said the Deficit was rubbish, the Bond Markets were not important and that he will try and ruin the olympic's next year!!!!!
Frank Leader
November 30th, 2011 2:31pm Report this commentActually the idiot Miliband said that Dinner Ladies earned in a WEEK what George Osborne spends on his Sliing Holiday. I didn't realise that they were paid that well.
Publius
November 30th, 2011 2:38pm Report this commentAndrew Fletcher writes:
"Ultimate winners of this will be Lib Dems as both main parties will need them to form a govt. as neither will be able to command outright majority"
I doubt it, because the Lib Dems are unlikely to exist after the next election.
But in the event you are right, then we can look foward to the state of permanent political paralysis that has reduced much of the EU to its present state.
Nicholas
November 30th, 2011 2:40pm Report this commentLabour + Public Sector Unions = two cheeks on the same bolshevik arse. Milliband shows his true red colours.
StrongholdBarricades
November 30th, 2011 2:43pm Report this commentI thought he said "...more than dinner ladies earn in a week"
The Oncoming Storm
November 30th, 2011 2:53pm Report this comment@Frank Leader
Or that Osborne has a damn good travel agent! ;)
Robert Williams
November 30th, 2011 3:08pm Report this commentFlubbed his line slightly? He completely blew it! Saying
"people who earn in a WEEK what the chancellor pays for his annual skiing holiday".
Nicholas
November 30th, 2011 3:21pm Report this commentSo what does Milliband spend on his holidays? Like all socialist elitists good at pointing the finger and pretending to represent the poor whilst raking it in. Hypocrites, all of them, champagne swilling socialist hypocrites.
Irascible Old Git
November 30th, 2011 3:40pm Report this commentIs it just me, or does Cameron's bald patch appear to be getting bigger?
Pettros
November 30th, 2011 3:54pm Report this commentusual stuff. milliband spouts nonsense while cameron doesn't answer any questions. He just got abusive as usual.
John Adlington
November 30th, 2011 4:27pm Report this commentDinner Ladies that earn less in a year than Miliband spent on his vanity adenoid operation, bleedin' hypocrite.
Tarka the Rotter
November 30th, 2011 4:55pm Report this commentI nominate Harry Hill as the new Speaker - 'Fight...fight...'
Axstane
November 30th, 2011 5:35pm Report this commentIrascible Old Git
November 30th, 2011 3:40pm
"Is it just me, or does Cameron's bald patch appear to be getting bigger?"
I don't know but it obviously a matter of great concern for you. Would you suggest a judicial commission?
Today we saw a very significant Labour-led outbreak of industrial action as Labour promised us. The amount of hair will not decide the rights and wrongs of it.
Sky was claiming that 60% of those who texted or emailed were in favour of the strike. That sort of snippet is equally inane as yours since we have not the slightest idea who the respondents were and how many times someone might text in. An example of very poor quality reporting.
As a matter of interest how many hours a week does the average dinner lady put in?
And Milband has several times claimed that Osborne was penalising the lower paid workers and that is also nonsense since those earning under £15,000 a year are unaffected and those between that and £21,000 are hardly affected.
Tarfu
November 30th, 2011 7:35pm Report this commentPresumably Chancellor Osborne is paid much the same as his predecessor Chancellor Darling. So it is immaterial how the current incumbent decides to spend his disposable income. Idiot comment from Millipede jnr
mike biddell
November 30th, 2011 11:28pm Report this commentFlubbed the line slightly...... the moron murdered it.
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