PM Cameron's first PMQs

I watched Wednesday's Prime Minister's Questions with considerable interest and curiosity, it being David Cameron's first time answering the questions after years of asking them (usually fruitlessly). The mood in the House - perhaps because of all the newbie MPs and/or the horrible shooting spree in Cumbria - was much less rambunctious than usual and all the better for it. The PM answered each question crisply and has already learned to use his response to the acting Opposition leader's last of her allotted 6 questions to stick the knife into the ex-Labour government. With no comeback allowed, this is often a good trick to use.



The fascinating saga of this Coalition government was again highlighted by questions from Liberal Democrat and Conservative backbenchers, some of which were less supportive of the government as of their own pre-Coalition agreement views. This is an intriguing aspect of the great Coalition experiment. Will it extend from asking questions and making speeches to abstentions or voting against Government measures? The Whips will have their work cut out for them I'm sure.