In a slightly more confrontational session than last week, Gordon Brown began by telling the house that he will publish his plans to deliver policing and justice to the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Cameron used all his questions to concentrate on the postal strike and asked the PM to condemn the strikes. The PM said he had already done so and urged negotiation between management and staff; he also called for ACAS to be brought in when appropriate.
Cameron continued by asking about the shelving of the Royal Mail privatisation bill, the PM claimed there was no buyer on the market. Cameron claimed that was simply not true and the real reason that it was shelved was due to backbench rebellion. He went onto to claim that union militancy had increased since the privatisation bill was shelved. He ended with "The way to stop this militancy is to show some leadership, some backbone, and some courage" The PM denied any link between privatisation and the strike, and rebuffed "This is nothing to do with the dispute at the moment. The dispute is about the 2007 modernisation plan."
Clegg focused on Banking and Mervyn King’s recent comments and stated that the "Banks are still a cartel," PM rebuffed and told him that he was wrong on the economy and claimed the banks were saved not for the bankers but for ordinary people.
Overall a strong performance from the PM, he appeared rattled by Cameron’s taunts. Speaking without notes he hammered home what he claimed were Tory judgement failures on the economy.
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