It was said of Tony Blair that he was brilliant when his back was against the wall, but less brilliant when faced with an open goal. This talent has proved rather elusive to Labour leaders: Neil Kinnock spectacularly missed the open goal of the 1992 election; Gordon Brown, often too hesitant to act on his …

Who won? Who would have thought one month on that we’d still be debating the budget? Yet Ed’s questions today focused on the tax cut for millionaires paid for by millions of pensioners and families up and down the country and the potentially massive hit that charities will face if the government goes ahead with …

It was always going to be much ado about nothing today, wasn’t it? With the NHS bill passing yesterday, Ed was left without a leading theme for this week’s questions. He couldn’t lead with the budget, because parliament hadn’t heard it yet (no matter that the Treasury has leaked more this week than a bucket …

I’ve seen this one before. This time it may have been performed by the understudies but, in terms of substance and style, the script and the performance of this week’s PMQs was very much the same. Like a bad soap opera, the same storylines and the same dialogue keeps reappearing and repeating over and over. …

Who won? Following the announcement from the Ministry of Defence that six British soldiers are missing, believed killed, after an explosion hit an armoured vehicle in Afghanistan, today’s PMQs had a sombre mood. There was a notable absence of Tory backbenchers’ pantomime chanting along with their leader, and no last-minute anecdote about Mrs Bone’s political …

Who won? All style and no substance today with David Cameron, and he isn’t even that stylish. Another win for Ed Miliband and this shall continue to be the case so long as the health and social care bill is around. Lively exchanges at prime minister’s questions were dominated by the NHS, as expected. Miliband …

Who won? Ed Miliband had a good day today, but then he appeared to be pushing at an open door with the NHS. Ed hit hard. Though Cameron fought hard to press back, Ed pressed harder and grew in confidence as the session went on. Ed did, however, slow towards the end; I waited with …

Who won? Once again arguments over the NHS dominated PMQs this week. And once again David Cameron’s slipperiness and forthright rhetoric mean that it is hard to give Ed the victory that the substance of his argument deserved, even as Cameron threw his full weight behind Andrew Lansley’s toxically unpopular health and social care bill. …

Who won? Ed Miliband is clearly buoyed by the strength of yesterday’s EU performance, which make his win today as inevitable as a homemade lasagne Chez Balls. Cheered by the backbenches as he rose to his feet we undoubtedly saw the return of ‘Red Ed’ – he even likened tackling bankers’ bonuses to a ‘class …

PMQs this afternoon was expected to be dominated by the economy. However, the strongest barbs sent towards David Cameron were instead on the NHS and at Cameron himself. This is unsurprising, given recent polling. As long as Cameron and his party are reassured that public opinion on the debt is resilient, there is little reason …