The quick, capsule review of today’s PMQs: Brown was embarrassing. Cameron tore him apart.
Now for a bit more detail. Cameron led on the humanitarian situation in Burma – the stories coming from that stricken country are getting worse by the day, and the Prime Minister gave his assurances that he’s working to increase the amount of aid reaching the ground. Ok, so he doesn’t seem to have achieved much so far, but Cameron rightly declined from engaging in political tittle-tattle over it.
Next came Crewe and Nantwich, and Cameron brought it all back to the 10p tax issue. Will Alistair Darling’s compensation package only apply for one year? If so, what of the IFS finding that 18 million families will find themselves worse off next year? And this is where Brown bombed. His stock answer to these questions? “We have announced a £2.7 billion package to help 22 million people in this country – will the Tories confirm whether they support it?”.
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