Prime Minister's Questions

Watching Prime Minister's Questions always fills me with a flurry of mixed emotions, mostly negative.

The format is ultimately flawed. When anyone asks a question it is usually dodged & spun to a statistic conveniently laid out on David Cameron's cheat sheet. After the question is successfully avoided, it's on to the next person for another pointless enquiry. The speaker (who is completely superfluous but for shouting "oww der") should not let the PM proceed until the question is adequately answered.

My favourite is when a Conservative asks a question in the following format: "So, Mr PM, isn't it brilliant I stood up right now and said exactly what was asked of me, aren't I good, aren't I?" Replied forthwith "I thank the honourable gentleperson for their question and changing the topic entirely from the prior question I failed to even remotely answer, 100% of people would like to hear the next question please."

It's Pythonesque.

If you only listened to the audio of Prime Minister's Questions you could easily mistake the background jeering for the annual varsity Oxford vs Cambridge Rugby match. This unruly uncivilised format of PMQs is a relatively new thing, born in the Wilson/Heath era in the 70's and sadly continues to this day.

I don't know what world these people grew up in but in the society they govern no matter how much you disagree with someone you generally hear them out before you jeer them (if only to revel more in their relative stupidity). Drowning out the sounds of your opponent is a sign of fear and weakness.

PMQs could easily be the most interesting 30 minutes of television a week but it has been turned in to an absolute pointless shambles.

Don't let them win, someone needs to keep an eye on these bastards.