In between confusing the Chamber just a little bit more on his European policy this afternoon, David Cameron appeared to be auditioning to work as his own press officer, reading out a list of the government’s achievements such as falling unemployment and lower inflation figures over the past week to MPs, just in case they’d missed them, as evidence that Britain does have a great deal to offer to Europe.
He had already taken pains to emphasise this earlier today after his crime speech, saying:
‘We need to focus on the big picture. What actually happened last week is that unemployment fell, inflation fell, waiting lists in our hospitals fell, crime fell, the right decision was made about Gary McKinnon. Those are the important things that are happening in an economy where we’ve created a million private sector jobs in the last two years. There will always be people that will go on endlessly about process and processology and Kremlinology and all the rest of it: what actually matters is what is happening out there.’
The Prime Minister seemed a bit grumpy during his Commons statement – not Prime Minister’s Questions-style grumpy, but still rattled – and this wasn’t helped by the appearance of Chris Bryant towards the end of the debate.
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