PMQs

BlindBoyGrunt said:
My money's on Rishi Sunak.
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It’s easy to be popular when you’re handing out free money. Let’s see what everyone thinks of him in 12 months’ time.

Personally, I think Jeremy Hunt is positioning himself as the post-Boris leadership candidate. The Tories have a habit of lurching from one extreme to the other (bit like Boro managerial appointments), so a Home Counties fiscal conservative probably has a good chance next time.
 
Must admit I think MPs and Starmer are finding it too easy to challenge Johnson and he is riding it reasonably well. They are lacking the killer follow ups.
A couple of good examples from yesterday
The PM trotted out nurses had got 12.5% pay rise over the last 10 years.
Simple response - 'tell me what has been the rate of inflation over the last 10 years and therefore the net salary decrease for nurses'

On Exam fiasco - Starmer could just have stuck to 'when did you know' . he got side tracked after Johnson introduced some nonsense.
 
Johnson is expert at not answering questions. It doesn't matter what Starmer or anyone asks, it'll be the same tactic, avoid a straight answer.
 
1finny said:
Must admit I think MPs and Starmer are finding it too easy to challenge Johnson and he is riding it reasonably well. They are lacking the killer follow ups.
A couple of good examples from yesterday
The PM trotted out nurses had got 12.5% pay rise over the last 10 years.
Simple response - 'tell me what has been the rate of inflation over the last 10 years and therefore the net salary decrease for nurses'

On Exam fiasco - Starmer could just have stuck to 'when did you know' . he got side tracked after Johnson introduced some nonsense.
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I'm not so sure he's riding it reasonably well.

This John Crace piece is similar to how I see it.

https://www.theguardian.com/politic...-become-clear-for-all-to-see?CMP=share_btn_tw
 
1finny said:
Must admit I think MPs and Starmer are finding it too easy to challenge Johnson and he is riding it reasonably well. They are lacking the killer follow ups.
A couple of good examples from yesterday
The PM trotted out nurses had got 12.5% pay rise over the last 10 years.
Simple response - 'tell me what has been the rate of inflation over the last 10 years and therefore the net salary decrease for nurses'

On Exam fiasco - Starmer could just have stuck to 'when did you know' . he got side tracked after Johnson introduced some nonsense.
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Finny I am not sure I agree with that at all. I think Starmer and to a lesser extent Blackford are hammering Johnson and johnson is falling apart, which is why he was told of by the speaker 3 times. I don't remember the last time that happened in just 6 questions.

The problem with the example you give is it requires 2 questions, and depending on what else you have you may not want to waste one when you will not get an answer in any case.

One thing I would like to see is snidey cummings comments coming from Starmer, but it's not really his style.

Starmer, for every PMQ comes prepared with quotes, facts and figures, and it is becoming more and more obvious that Johnson is not even attempting to answer the questions posed to him.
 
Blame anyone or anything for your failure, never admit mistakes, never apologise for anything.

Dead easy this governing lark? It's becoming more and more surprising how inept he actually is. The one thing that he seemed to have, was a reasonable talent for public speaking and debate. Turns out unless he has an audience that will laugh with him Johnson is embarrassingly poor. He gets riled, he doesn't read his briefs, he has gone from looking artfully unkempt to a scruffy mess.
 
Laughing said:
Finny I am not sure I agree with that at all. I think Starmer and to a lesser extent Blackford are hammering Johnson and johnson is falling apart, which is why he was told of by the speaker 3 times. I don't remember the last time that happened in just 6 questions.

The problem with the example you give is it requires 2 questions, and depending on what else you have you may not want to waste one when you will not get an answer in any case.

One thing I would like to see is snidey cummings comments coming from Starmer, but it's not really his style.

Starmer, for every PMQ comes prepared with quotes, facts and figures, and it is becoming more and more obvious that Johnson is not even attempting to answer the questions posed to him.
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I agree. It does feel to me that, like the first class prosecutor he is, Starmer is systematically destroying the defence and credibility of the PM. It helps that there are continually so many things to choose from, but he has his measure fully now. He knows in advance how Boris is likely to respond and he knows how to phrase the question accordingly to trap him into exposing his weaknesses.

For instance, Johnson must have known he was going to be asked about the exam fiasco and had worked out a general deflection plus standard counter attack response in advance, but Starmer wrong footed him by going very, very specific. He knows Johnson doesn't do detail. This meant a general brush off waffle response was starkly inappropriate. Meanwhile the question still got the exams fiasco to the fore, but now linked Johnson much more personally to the **** up, than just being the leader who had appointed a minister that failed.
 
Lefty said:
I agree. It does feel to me that, like the first class prosecutor he is, Starmer is systematically destroying the defence and credibility of the PM. It helps that there are continually so many things to choose from, but he has his measure fully now. He knows in advance how Boris is likely to respond and he knows how to phrase the question accordingly to trap him into exposing his weaknesses.

For instance, Johnson must have known he was going to be asked about the exam fiasco and had worked out a general deflection plus standard counter attack response in advance, but Starmer wrong footed him by going very, very specific. He knows Johnson doesn't do detail. This meant a general brush off waffle response was starkly inappropriate. Meanwhile the question still got the exams fiasco to the fore, but now linked Johnson much more personally to the **** up, than just being the leader who had appointed a minister that failed.
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Love that analysis lefty
 
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