Ed’s inbox – April 27th

By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk

If Ed Miliband could only read five blogposts each day, he’d read these ones…

Calls for Andrew Marr to go grow louder – Liberal Conspiracy
By Sunny Hundal

The BBC’s former political editor Andrew Marr is coming under fire, even from journalists, for eventually admitting he took out a super-injunction to protest his privacy.

But Marr’s decision to go public only came about after Private Eye launched a challenge to the injunction last week.

On the Today programme on Tuesday, Private Eye editor Ian Hislop said:

“As a leading BBC interviewer who is asking politicians about failures in judgment, failures in their private lives, inconsistencies, it was pretty rank of him to have an injunction while working as an active journalist.” – Read more.

Does PM have a Death Wish? – The Waugh Room
By Paul Waugh

I’ve now got to the bottom of the ‘calm down dear’ episode that gave us our most fractious PMQs for ages.

It seems that Angela Eagle was the Labour frontbencher who was targeted by Cameron because she was heckling him over his NHS answers.

In particular, Eagle was shouting that the PM had got his facts wrong over ex Labour MP and GP Howard Stoate, a rare left-of-centre supporter of the Coalition’s health reforms.

Cameron had claimed that Stoate had been defeated at the last election, but Eagle pointed out that in fact he had stood down at 2010 general election. – Read more.

David Cameron finds that even with Michael Winner’s help, Andrew Lansley has become unsaleable – Telegraph
By Andrew Gimson

The Prime Minister’s conduct is not beyond reproach. Anyone who gives currency to a catchphrase associated with Michael Winner, one of the great vulgarians of our age, must expect censure. For people of any sensitivity, Winner is a loser.

But Prime Minister’s questions is a vulgar business, and joky references to downmarket television advertisements are more likely to be recognised than chunks of Cicero or Juvenal in the original Latin. – Read more.

Dave the Loser Lost it – Diary of a Benefit Scrounger
By Sue Marsh

Today was a disastrous day for the coalition. Absolutely disastrous.

Possibly, however, not for the reasons you might think I’d give.

PMQs saw the very worst of “Flashman” Cameron.. He was not at the top of his game and when put under pressure, he gets rattled. When he’s rattled, he blusters and when he blusters, leaning that one arrogant arm on his despatch box, he looks the epitome of everything he wishes to avoid. Red in the cheeks, sneering and condescending.

Now let me be clear. Lots of the public will hear Cameron telling Angela Eagle to “Calm Down Dear” and giggle. In some ways it connects the PM, makes him seem more human. – Read more.

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