Prime Ministers Q,s

[leahbee]

Just watched PMQ and wondered why mp,s keep standing up between questions when the speaker has obviously arranged beforehand who he is going to call.

[tonyav]

Tradition, leahbee. No point to it though is there.

[leahbee]

I don't see the point of any of it seeing the PM has the answer to the questions in front of him before they are e in asked.

[tonyav]

I know, leahbee. perhaps they should all take part in the TV show 'Pointless'.

[Kathyan]

They stand up as a form of agreement with what has been said.

[anneasquith]

650 wastes of space,,,,,,,,,,,,indeed, but someone voted for them :(

[Peter Pedant]

I thought they had to catch the speakers eye

any way the kick is in the supplementaries - The first q MUST be when is he gonna visit my constituency ? to provide a link, then he says 'my schedule for this week has been published' and then the asker says Yes OK I would ask XYZ and I am not sure he sees all of them

putely because when the Deputy PM has to do questions (Hague) faced Prescott (deputy shadow PM ) - and used to routinely take him apart.....

the one I liked particularly
Prescott - yap yap ..... and so he did the same in the 2001 election
Hgue - ah yes the 2001 election - at least I got through it without hitting anyone.... (MPs laugh hysterically)