Last PMQs
July 19th, 2006 at 18:51
At the moment my life doesn’t have much structure to it, as I don’t have a job or anything much to do. Today marked the end of one of the few things in my life that I can schedule. It was the last Prime Minister’s Questions before the summer recess.
I bloody love Prime Ministers Questions- it’s like how more oafish men enjoy watching football because they can shout and cheer. With PMQs every week you get politicians kicking each other’s arse. Today’s was particularly good.
David Cameron started surprisingly well, for a smug man with an easily punchable face. He got his backbenches chanting “dropped!” when berating Labour over their policies that are being dropped. “ID cards, dropped! Home information packs, dropped!”. He went on to suggest that Tony should pay be particularly interested in home information packs for people moving home as he’ll be “moving out soon”. Ho-ho.
I thought Dave’s last jibe was a bit risque- he suggested that Blair should answer the questions he’s being asked, rather than avoid them, as he’ll need practice before talking to the Metropolitian police. That’s a loans-for-lordships reference, kids.
Thankfully, and I say this not as a Labour supporter, but as someone who doesn’t like the Tories, Tony ‘war criminal’ Blair came back from this and kicked some arse. Blair listed tonnes of policies that David Cameron is rubbish on. “Hug a hoody? What happend to that” etc. It got the point where the Speaker got a bit pissed off with Blair’s constant barrage of attacks on Cameron, rather than answering tedious questions about PFI finance in some nobody’s constituency.
It ended on a Tory MP suggesting that Blair should go on holiday somewhere in Britain, so that Prezza isn’t left in charge of the country.
Oh, and Ming Campbell did something he does every week to get the other MPs to shut up, and said something sad about someone’s who dead.
It was incredibly entertaining- and of a much higher calibre than Flog It, or whatever was on BBC One at the same time. Hooray for democractic debate confined by the rules of the ruling elite!
The Daily Politics isn’t back until September. Gah.
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