Gordon Brown's first Wednesday PMQ

No one can deny that the commons is not a place where anybody likes to go on a Wednesday, I can see that it’s worse than a average playground at times on TV. So how did Brown do on the day that Blair said was his “most unpopular day of the week?” From what I saw I felt he did ok, considering that that room even scared the likes of the Iron Woman, Maggie Thatcher, and Harold Wilson famously downed Brandy before he came into the commons. A couple of amusing slip ups were excusable, for example he said

“I’ve only been in this job for five days”

When he has actually been in for seven! Many noticed that he isn’t as smart and charming as Tony Blair who could, if you mind my French, bullshit through the proceedings and riposte taunts from David Cameron. He spoke with thought , didn’t just ramble out promises and not think what he was saying, mostly. Although when it did look like David Cameron was banging him into the ground like a tent peg, former home secretary John Reid, came in to help him out. Of course the experienced political leaders Cameron and Sir Ming tried the usual to try and catch out the labour party with questions on Iraq, green taxes and nuclear power, but were strongly beaten back by Gordon Brown.
So at least it wasn’t a disaster, he stood his corner on weak issues, whilst the experienced David Cameron tried to take his policies apart, although it wasn’t brilliant, it was passable.