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: