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21 November 2011updated 16 Jan 2012 12:42pm

PMQs review: MPs fiddle over borders as Europe burns

Miliband decided to go for Cameron over May but failed to land any significant blows. Meanwhile,

By Bill Thompson

Ed Miliband speaking at his weekly press conference in October Source: Getty Images

PMQs was a disappointment. Few jokes, even fewer good lines – and no “gotcha” questions from Ed Miliband. Bizarrely, the Labour leader decided to devote all his six bites of the cherry to the ongoing border control row – despite the fact that, at the time of writing, Yvette Cooper has just kicked off a Labour opposition-day debate on the subject. And despite the fact that the eurozone is in meltdown, Italy’s cost of borrowing has hit a new record and economic armageddon seems to be right round the corner. Oh, and despite the fact that Miliband didn’t seem to be equipped with a set of killer questions. With Cooper sitting behind him, the Labour leader began with:

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