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Get Your Figures Right!
I’ve said before that Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesdays are a complete pantomime, and yesterday’s session was no exception.
David Cameron reminded the Prime Minister that last week he told the Commons that capital expenditure would grow until the year of the Olympics. He pointed out that this statement was at odds with the government’s own published figures which showed that this wasn’t the case and asked the PM if he would correct what he said last week.
Brown’s response was to stubbornly and repeatedly stick to his own figures, to repeat that capital expenditure would grow, and to accuse the Conservatives of planning to reduce it if they got into power. The result was, once again, that Brown looked foolish, especially when Cameron was actually waving the government report in question.
There seems little point in having Prime Minister’s Questions when the Prime Minister never answers any of them and, instead, resorts to pointlessly attacking the Opposition on plans they may or may not have.
On the other hand, it makes for good entertainment - which is about all you can say about it!
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Get Your Figures Right!
I’ve said before that Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesdays are a complete pantomime, and yesterday’s session was no exception.
David Cameron reminded the Prime Minister that last week he told the Commons that capital expenditure would grow until the year of the Olympics. He pointed out that this statement was at odds with the government’s own published figures which showed that this wasn’t the case and asked the PM if he would correct what he said last week.
Brown’s response was to stubbornly and repeatedly stick to his own figures, to repeat that capital expenditure would grow, and to accuse the Conservatives of planning to reduce it if they got into power. The result was, once again, that Brown looked foolish, especially when Cameron was actually waving the government report in question.
There seems little point in having Prime Minister’s Questions when the Prime Minister never answers any of them and, instead, resorts to pointlessly attacking the Opposition on plans they may or may not have.
On the other hand, it makes for good entertainment - which is about all you can say about it!
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