Stay tuned for live coverage of Clegg vs Straw from 1200.
1201: And here we go. Clegg begins by passing on his best wishes to David Cameron and his family. Condolences for the fallen in Afghanistan follow – “we will never forget their sacrifices.”
1204: Mark Pritchard begins with a dubiously plant-like question. “300 policemen have been laid off in West Mercia,” he observes – is the fiscal mess left by the last government to blame? It tees Clegg up to tear into Labour’s legacy. A combative start.
1206: Jack Straw steps up to the dispatch box. He begins with condolences for our troops, and then adds some warm regards for Cameron and his family. The first question, though, changes the tone: is Clegg satisfied that Andy Coulson wasn’t aware of phone hacking at the NotW.
1208: Clegg handles the question well, saying that Andy Coulson has already “taken responsibility” for what happened uder his editorship.
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