Sunday 28 October 2007

Will GB's PMQs get better?

An article in today's Sunday Times reports that there will be changes in the way Gordon Brown is briefed in preparation for the weekly PMQs.

I don't believe the problem is with the briefing notes, he can and does use all the statistics available to him. He does not seem to have the capacity to turn difficult questions into a Prime Ministerial response, this was a skill that Tony Blair used to great effect. With humour and some self deprecation he could bat away a question to irk the leader of the opposition. GB simply gets angry, stutters and then falls over himself. Even his jokes fall flat, they seem too pre-prepared, and the stuttering to get them out spoil the punchline.

We'll see a week on Wednesday whether there is any improvement, but don't hold your breath.

Squiffy.

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