Living standards: Politics’ new frontline heats up
Labour’s living standards offensive faces a concerted counter-attack from the Conservatives, with Chris Grayling accusing Ed Miliband of a “shamefaced attempt to rewrite history”.
Can the Tories really win the next general election?
The Tories are cock-a-hoop at the moment as the green shoots continue to sprout. But does that mean they’re going to win in 2015?
PMQs verdict: Cameron wins another battle, but will he win the war?
Even as they become more one-sided, these brutal PMQs exchanges are becoming less relevant as the general election run-in approaches.
No deal: Partisanship trumps party funding progress in PMQs cauldron
David Cameron and Ed Miliband roundly rejected each other’s ‘offers’ to fix the party funding crisis in an especially hostile prime minister’s questions this lunchtime.
PMQs as it happened
David Cameron continued his coruscating attacks on the Labour-union fiasco in PMQs this lunchtime. Review how Ed Miliband coped here.
PMQs verdict: Labour bludgeoned into submission
Unite’s alleged machinations in Falkirk left Ed Miliband defenceless and vulnerable – and David Cameron showed no mercy as he brutally rammed his advantage down the Labour party’s throat.
PMQs verdict: Far, far too easy for Cameron
After the challenge of making small talk with Vladimir Putin and Angela Merkel, David Cameron found the Commons to be a complete doddle in prime minister’s questions this week.
Sex and power: What the Catholic Church and political parties have in common
Sexual shenanigans are never far from the surface in Westminster. If at times it feels like our politicians just can’t help but jump into bed with someone they shouldn’t, a report out today suggests there’s a reason for that.
PMQs verdict: Our limp leaders are overshadowed by despair
Both teams feel they are facing a tough fight with radically reduced chances of victory, as this week’s prime minister’s questions showed. The party which sticks together the most could, in the end, squeak home.
PMQs verdict: Mind-bendingly irritating
In the week when David Cameron told Labour it had been taking “policy-changing substances”, the first PMQs in what felt like a decade revealed just how addicted MPs are to partisanship.
