Sketchup: PMQs 13 January 2010
A selection of lines from parliamentary sketch-writers.
It was a noisy day in the Commons as Gordon Brown's leadership and a poster of David Cameron were discussed at PMQs.
that the two leaders have become more concerned with their put-downs of each other than actual policies:
"The lamps burn late as satirists, ironists, flyting dialogue-writers and every manner of publicly funded sarcasticiser hones his barbs and shafts."
As Gordon Brown chose a recent, allegedly air-brushed, poster of the Tory leader that is on billboards around the country for his line of attack, that he looked more relaxed and cheerful than he has in years:
"The man has become a joker, a tease and - shock, horror - playful. It is most unnerving, as if Victor Meldrew had gone all sunnyside up."
When David Cameron asked Labour MPs to put their hands up if they'd have the PM on their own election literature, a handful did as he said, causing hilarity on the opposition benches. that any fell for Mr Cameron's "stunt":
"This is a heffalump trap, clearly marked with a flashing neon sign saying 'heffalump trap'. Four Labour members, all with less common sense than Winnie the Pooh, stepped in and raised their hands."
that Nick Clegg should be pronounced the winner of yesterday's contest with his question about whether the PM would appear in front of the Iraq inquiry before the general election:
"While Mr Brown and Mr Cameron traded custard pies - Mr Cameron accusing Mr Brown of being unpopular, Mr Brown accusing Mr Cameron of being vain - the Lib Dem leader at least raised a vaguely newsworthy point."
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