Miliband gets under Cameron’s skin at PMQs

Ed Miliband enjoyed Prime Minister’s Questions today. For the first time, he tried to bully Cameron. His questions were all designed to get under the Prime Minister’s skin. Once he had got the requisite rise, he joked about Cameron: ‘The redder he gets, the less he convinces.’

In a sign of what the general election could be like, Cameron’s response was based on Labour’s record in office. He declared ‘we will never forget what we were left by the party opposite’ and ‘never forgive them for what they did’. Miliband, for his part, concentrated on the recession and the Tories’ decision to cut the top rate of tax.

Perhaps, the most interesting thing about PMQs, though, was the reaction of Tory benches. There was a desire to rally round after last night: two Tory rebels were called but neither referred to the vote. But Tory MPs were nowhere near as vocal in their heckling of Miliband as they have been in past weeks.