Score draw at PMQs as leaders bicker about energy bills

Perhaps David Cameron got up super-early to open his birthday presents today, or perhaps he’s a bit tired after his fortnight of party conference and reshuffle mayhem, but the Prime Minister wasn’t on top form today at PMQs. Neither was Ed Miliband, for that matter. Both men bickered about who had the best energy policy, like two kids comparing birthday presents in a playground. Neither really got in a deadly shot, with both seeming a little halting.

The PM was at his weakest when he decided to attack Miliband for being a 'Marxist'. Labour's lurch to the left or whatever you want to call it might be interesting in the Westminster bubble where we all like to stroke our chins about the size of the state, but for an insult to cut through to voters, it needs to chime with the things they worry about.