David Cameron ran down the clock very effectively at PMQs. With only a few sessions left between now and the general election, Cameron blocked Miliband’s questions on the health service by demanding that the Labour leader apologise for apparently saying that he wanted to ‘weaponise’ the NHS in this election campaign.
Despite Cameron now using this line at every PMQs, Miliband had no effective response to it. So, Cameron was able to get away with simply not answering Miliband’s questions. The result: at the end of PMQs, politics was in the same place as it was at the start and with the Tories now convinced that events are moving their way that suits Cameron. By contrast, the Labour bench directly behind Miliband looked particularly glum today.
Cameron did use today’s session to make one announcement: on the 13th of March, there’ll be a parade and a service at St Paul’s to thank those who have served in Afghanistan.
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