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PMQs on Progress Articles

Tales of white van men and trips to A&E

The best line of today’s prime minister’s questions came from Jamie Reed, Labour member of parliament for Copeland. ‘The first thing I think of when I see a white van is whether it is my father or brother driving it.’ It was a rebuke to the Tories opposite who had...
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Rabid like the Daily Mail

Ed Miliband showed the prime minister up as someone more interested in abuse than governing today. The Labour strategy was to go on the attack, defending the proposed mansion tax and condemning the bedroom tax. It was as if, for the first time in a while, Miliband...
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A re-enactment with no real casualties

It was a pretty brutal trench warfare today. Both sides were shooting hard but the battle seemed rather pointless. It may be 100 years since the start of the first world war, but to stage a mini-enactment in the House of Commons today seemed over the top. Each leader...
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Ukip at the feast

The ghost of the United Kingdom Independence party hovered over prime minister’s questions today. No one mentioned it by name. Its only member of parliament, Douglas Carswell, said nothing. But there are shadowy Ukip sympathisers among the grey-suited, ageing and...
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A strange PMQs

A strange PMQs

Jan 7, 2015 |

It was a strange prime minister’s questions. The shadow of the attack on the Charlie Hebdo offices in Paris this...

Christmas crackers

Christmas crackers

Dec 17, 2014 |

It was the last prime minister’s questions of the year and there was no sign of festive cheer. David Cameron’s team...