The Brown Cameron clash at PMQs

Brown better today, but that’s not saying much. The Labour benches were obviously under instructions to cheer, but they still look on without expression with only a handful (Jack Straw especially) nodding to Brown’s points. But he still stammers and allows himself to be shouted down by the Tories. His new line (mentioned five times) is that there is a £6bn black hole in Tory plans, latching on to the dodgy maths in the Tory non dom calculation. Quite right too, a good target.

Brown again repeated the lie that Cameron was the “economic adviser” to Norman Lamont, rather than a special adviser. Remind me, what was he doing when he was 25? Writing the “red paper for Scotland”, I recall….

Great line from Vince Cable, capitalising on the Labour-Tory policy merger on tax cuts for marriage, as well he should. Shame he’s too right wing to be accepted as their leader.