The Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, seems to be trying to turn Prime Minister’s Questions into Opposition Questions. Three times now he has asked David Cameron "Does he support ID cards for foreign nationals?" rather than answer some perfectly reasonable questions on his position on ID cards. Welcome back to Parliament everyone.
PMQs becomes OQs
Wednesday 9th January 2008 · 3 Comments
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1 James Graham // Jan 9, 2008 at 3:04 pm
OOQ surely? He never asks us anything!
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[...] Just as he did last week, Prime Minister Gordon Brown has avoided difficult questions from David Cameron (this time on Northern Rock) by asking him a question. Surely the Speaker can’t hold this in order for much longer? It is, after all, Questions to the Prime Minister, not to the Opposition’s Questions. As well as undermining government accountability, the PM’s defensive approach just makes it seem like Labour is constantly on the backfoot and unable to lead the country. Given his obvious cowardice, hopefully it won’t be too long before Gordon Brown is the one asking the Prime Minister the questions. Share This [...]
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