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By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk Verdict:The way modern politics is reported - through 24 hour news, twitter, and yes blogs - every incident is amplified, pored over and questioned. Thousands of people try to read the runes and see what…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk Verdict: Looking honestly at this week's PMQs, Ed Miliband was well beaten by Cameron. The points he made were correct, but as is so often the case in PMQs, it's not what you say, but how you say it…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk Verdict: It was surprising to hear Ed Miliband lead off with school sport. It may well be a worthy and important issue, but in a week when Ed Miliband should have been gunning for big hits, he wasn't going…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk Verdict: Cameron was much more confident today, and probably got the better of Harman - and therefore justified their decision to "bench" Nick Clegg. However the way that Cameron went about today's PMQs is…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk 12.30: Harman was comfortable and confident today. Although there were few rhetorical flourishes, there didn't need to be. The open goal presented by Nick Clegg's phenomenal u-turn on fees combined with…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk 12.30: Ed Miliband seemed to have the upper hand this week - he led off with statesmanlike questions over Yemen, but that meant that he needed to move onto another topic later on. He moved quickly past…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk 14.02: Some inside events this afternoon show that Labour's attack operation is now getting slicker and stronger. Seizing on Ed Miliband's questioning of Cameron on housing benefit during PMQs, I…
Join LabourList, Left Foot Forward, Liberal Conspiracy and the New Statesman for our joint livechat of the Comprehensive Spending Review, with all of the action and reaction from Parliament, blogs and the media.
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk 12.32: A now for the main event - join us for our livechat of the Comprehensive Spending Review. 12.30: A much more comfortable and confident performance from Cameron today after last week's poor showing…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk 12.30: PMQs finishes with a question from the Tory benches about public sector pay. A good first PMQs for Ed Miliband - full verdict to follow. 12.28: Kevin Brennan asks if Nick Clegg's promises are worth…
By Mark Ferguson / @markfergusonuk 18:35: Well - what a day that turned out to be after last night's drama. You'd have got pretty long odds on the final shadow cabinet line-up as recently as yesterday. Thanks for sticking with us today…
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