And so it returns. The first PMQs of 2009 will be covered live by Coffee House here. Stay tuned from 1200…
1204: Here we go. First question from Liz Blackman [LAB], on small businesses – “Can the PM assure me that the help announced today will be focussed at those businesses who need it most”. Brown replies in the affirmative. Naturally.
1207: Punchy start from Cameron: “Planted question; stolen policy!” First question is one Cameron asked a few times last year: “Will the PM now admit that he was wrong to abolish boom and bust”. He says “boom” as “bost”, which slightly diminishes the impact, and Brown replies with “This is a global problem … no one in the world is copying the Tory approach … cuts … investment.” etc.
1210: Cameron: “You say that no-one’s copying us, when you’ve just copied out policy on unemployment”. Cameron’s on good form. Asks why people should have confidence in Brown given his past prognoses. Brown
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