If only he'd shown that fire on behalf of the sick & disabled, public sector workers and everyone else suffering under this horrible coalition. I just wish he'd do real stuff like this, not 'squeezed middle' focus-group pap.

After employing Coulson, Cameran was a sitting duck - anyone could have attacked him on this amongst the other things and come out on top.

The revealing thing is that if Milliband does well it has to be commented on as if it is a supsrise.

You supported Ed Milliband for leadership and you have written a Biography - so you are so blinded to the truth as it is in your interest for him to succeed. The truth is he is a terrible leader, a terrible communicator and not media freindly.

LANGUAGE GAME
so you are so blinded to the truth as it is in your interest for him to succeed. The truth is he is a terrible leader, a terrible communicator and not media freindly.
____________________________ If Miliband is any of those things then Cameron is a lot worse and and majors in mendacity.

Yep, easy win for Miliband. But then it always should have been. Next week's will be just as interesting - last before the summer break - and this story will still (most probably) be front page news with probably even more heinous allegations.

And MatthewBlott there is a weekly PMQs overview on NS whether Ed "wins" or not.

@Mel Davis

Yes you are correct Cameron is a terrible terrible leader. Which is why I desperately want Miliband out and a leader in who can really attack him and make him look more of a fool.

You jumped to an assumption that because I don't like Milliband I must like Cameron.

Language game,
I didn't assume anything about your likes and dislikes. All I was doing was pointing out that if Miliband is as bad as you say then Cameron leaves a LOT to be desired

Since Miliband's poor performance at PMQs over the government's various U-turns, particularly on the NHS, he has won four PMQs in a row.

He has won quite a few overall actually. One of his best was his first, when I thought he was spectacularly good (his quiet demeanour meant people did not expect it of him, and it was a surprise). And anyone not remember the "Does the PM even know that his NHS proposals mean EU Competition law will rule?"

Ed M has helped to force govt U-turns on Health and sentencing, and regularly gets Cameron red and flustered. Yet always the negative press. Part of this is that enemies are to the Right (Murdoch and Tory press), and from the er, right. D Miliband supporters who just can't get over his losing. And as for the press, I would love this to become sweet revenge against the vile News International, and the deeply undemocratic support it gets from the govt.

On Ed M
I'd say Miliband needs to be more visible, and deliver more speeches such as the "Take what you can Britain" speech. I consider myself leftwing but see nothing wrong with such speeches or the term and focus on Squeezed Middle, which by the way Ed coined, and has become common speech since.

The squeezed middle to me is about re-focusing what is middle. And is quite different from Middle Class (which for the media means rich people sending kids to private school);

I actually heard the Today programme's John Humphreys use the term Middle Class to refer to himself and others able to send kids to private school: the irony!

@ Mehdi Hasan

Sure, The Spectator is a centre-right magazine. I wouldn't say its editor Frazer Nelson is a Cameron cheerleader though, Cameron probably isn't enough of a red-meat right-winger for Nelson. My wider point was that your opinion is pretty biassed. Also, it's news to me that PMQs are reviewed every week. I've hopped on your site a few times looking - I have to say you keep it well hidden. Which sort of validates my point, well Miliband does well (or less badly than usual depending on your point of view) it's flashing up in red lights on the front page. Otherwise, it's nowhere to be found.

Somebody once said that nobody messes with Murdoch and gets away with it.

Its a high risk strategy for Miliband that will work in the short term, but will destroy him in the long term.

People forget. People forget quickly. Rupert doesn't.

@Matthew Blott

i usually come here every week after PMQs to read their review of it, so i know that there is one in the NS every week.

and i consider it to be a reliable guide to how it went.

and i'm not an ed miliband fan, i think he gives the coalition far too easy a ride.

@frances smith - You will know then that Miliband is easily the worst performer at PMQ's in living history. Even IDS was better than this.................

My Top 5 performers of the past 30 years are:

1. Mrs Thatcher
2. Neil Kinnock
3. Tony Blair
4. William Hague
5. David Cameron

@MatthewBlott
You seem to be pretty selective in your interpretation. The Spectator link you so kindly mentioned sums up its "Verdict" with the following sentence: "In the end, though, I'd say Miliband probably came out on top, for seeming less on the side of News International." Maybe we were taught English differently, but "came out on top" equals a win in just about everyones' (English) language. Lets hope you're not umpiring anything at the Olympics!

@Abie Vee
Are you sure you dont mean I don't want to be party POLOTICAL? Next you will be blaming them if it rains tomorrow. Are you seriously blaming those people for what the News Of the Worlds' employees do? Did you skip logic at school? Should they be responsible for someone not making a sandwich properly too at M+S' sandwicch supplier? Ridiculous!

@Marcus

Do you think the Dowler's will forget the NOTW hacking their dead daughter's phone messages.

If people are hoping the hacking scandal will blow over, they are in for a shock, especially when former NI employees are in the dock.

Those in glass houses....

http://conservativehome.blogs.com/leftwatch/2011/07/before-ed-miliband-g...

It is really funny to see the the Tories on here squirm and still they try and blame labour. lol