Given that Harriet Harman is the bookies favourite to be Labour leader, it was actually worth tuning in to PMQs today. The Labour leadership contest is well underway, and these few moments at the dispatch box will be crucial for the Flower of the Aristocracy* to set out her stall, with David Miliband sat next to her and looking resentfully on.
Hague went on the working capital scheme not working – but with Hague you know there’s a gag waiting. Out it came on the fourth question. She should step up to the plate, he said. When Chamberlain stumbled, Churchill came forward. The Commons mentally held the comparison for a moment, and Miliband made no attempt to conceal his relish. When Eden crossed the Atlantic, Hague continued, Supermac made his move. “This could be her moment,” he said – a mischievous echo of that comment she made after the local elections.
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