PMQS verdict: Harman is right, but it doesn’t save her
The temporary Labour leader struggles and fails to press her arguments against a prime minister who trades in blithe but convincing falsehoods
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PMQS verdict: Harman wrong-foots Cameron with declaration of war on Heathrow
Labour is poised to make the Heathrow debate as damaging for Cameron as humanly possible
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PMQs verdict: Small slip-up aside, Osborne survives dangerous encounter
The chancellor needed to be neither too good nor too bad - and he just about managed it
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Will Labour live to regret their mockery of the Lib Dems?
Belittled, mocked and jeered - the Liberal Democrats were made to look like irrelevant upstarts on a day that should have been their big moment. Will Labour regret their cruelty?
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PMQs verdict: Another win for Farage
A little trouble over Geneva bank accounts at HSBC made Nigel Farage the clear winner in this week's prime minister's questions.
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PMQs verdict: So one-sided it was hard to watch
The only reasonable conclusion that any sane and logical person could make from this week's PMQs is that Miliband is finished. And yet...
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PMQs verdict: 750 years later... so much for democracy
The establishment wants to celebrate British democracy this week - but PMQs served to remind us exactly what's wrong with the current system.
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PMQs verdict: Finally, Miliband's long wait is over
It's been a hellish 51 months for Ed Miliband. Ever since being elected as leader of the opposition he's faced periodic claims that he's just not very good at his job. Now, just when it matters most, the evidence from today's prime minister's questions suggests that's suddenly going to stop mattering.
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Porn protest: It's politics, but not as we know it
So this is what happens when ultra-liberal pro-porn protesters demonstrate against censorship by sitting on each others' faces.
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PMQs verdict: Playing into Ukip's hands
There is deep disquiet in Westminster after this week's prime minister's questions, with MPs on both sides of the House speaking out against their party leaders for helping Ukip.
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Forbidden for so long, Cameron unveils the Tories' forbidden Viagra
Promising tax cuts - the ultimate turn-on for the Tories and vote-winner for the electorate - guaranteed this speech would be a success for David Cameron.
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Bricking news: Boris fails to steal the show
Boris Johnson's buffoonery finally met its match at the Conservative party conference this year. It turns out waving a brick around and cracking jokes is no match for a hardline approach against extremism.
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Pain, poverty and the cold, hard sound of Tory applause
The applause was as hard-edged as George Osborne's smile. Even after all these years, he still hasn't learned how to look convincingly happy. And the Conservatives like him all the more for it.
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Gordon Brown was passionate, but the Yes campaign is shouting louder
Logic and argument have been left behind on the final day of campaigning in the Scottish independence referendum. Both sides, gathering for rallies in Glasgow, are now just trying to shout as loudly as they possibly can.
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Scottish independence PMQs verdict: Holding back the panic
With the shadow of the Scottish independence referendum hanging over parliament, this was never going to be an ordinary prime minister's questions.
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PMQs verdict: Tories prefer cheers to 'annihilation'
The Conservative backbenchers won PMQs this week
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PMQs verdict: Cameron uses the law as a shield, but forgets to cover his legs
Cameron uses the law as a shield to avoid scrutiny, but he does so with little grace
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PMQs verdict: Miliband haunts Cameron with the ghost of Syria
Britain's self-imposed irrelevance looms large over proceedings, as Cameron and Miliband finally discuss Iraq
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PMQs verdict: Cameron's relationship with Bercow hits a new low
An angry outburst and a cold reply: the Speaker and PM wash their laundry in public
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50 shades of denial: MPs fail the Maria Miller test
Politicians are displaying an almost heroic stupidity in failing to realise the blinding obvious: the public simply doesn't trust them to judge their colleagues
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