Prime Minister's Questions

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Ed Milliband is such a pleb. The thought that he might be Prime Minister really is laughable.

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I think it was Blair who changed it to the single 30 minute format, instead of the twice weekly 15 minute format previously. He also seemed to field a huge number of 'Does the Prime Minister agree that the sun shines out of his backside?' type questions. Perhaps it was because of the large number of Labour MPs after 1997, but it seemed to turn into a promotional opportunity rather than any attempt at parliamentary scrutiny.

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davislove said:

one thing I'm curious about, does the PM get prior knowledge of all the questions likely to tabled for the session?

For some of them in theory, but they usually ask about his diary or engagements and then use their supplementary question to ask about anything they want. When you watch, you will notice that the first answer is always about meetings or similar, and so the remaining questioners don't bother to ask it and just carry on with something else.