Public spending dominated today, with Cameron arguing that there would be real-term cuts based on current Labour spending plans and asked six questions on this in an attempt to get the PM to admit this. He of course refused and quoted Shadow Health Secretary Andrew Lansley’s recent comments on the Tories cutting 10% of each government department.
Cameron once again failed to perform well today, Brown relished quoting statistics to prove his point on spending, Cameron chose to quote leading economists criticising the PM and said "give a straight answer and be straight with the British people". Nick Clegg also gave a poor performance, with no mention of scrapping trident, he focused on banking regulations and failed to make any impact on the PM.
The PM came out on top today; he looked confident and at times genuinely angry with Cameron’s questions. Now that the expenses scandal is finally ebbing away, public spending looks set to be a recurring theme in PMQs in the build up to general election. It’s worth noting, that by convention Michael Martin will stand down as an MP, forcing a by-election in his Glasgow constituency.
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