Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn bore everyone to tears with another repetitive PMQs squabble on the NHS
Another classic episode of 'PM-Snooze' as the Labour leader failed to land any blows on the PM ahead of two crunch by-elections
PRIME Minister’s Questions is meant to be asking the Prime Minister questions - the clue is in the title.
Yet in his continuing quest to go down in history as the worst ever Leader of the Opposition, Jeremy Corbyn has invented an interesting new twist on his weekly duel with Theresa May.
The hapless Labour chief has taken to asking questions about his own questions, rather than actual questions?
Confused? He certainly was.
“If he doesn’t like the answer he gets, he can’t just keep asking the same question,” Mrs May hit back.
Oh yes he can, just watch.
Week after week, after week, after week.
“My questions were” he cried, “my questions were” he moaned as the PM batted away a torrent of shouty statistics about the NHS.
Perhaps if Mr Corbyn asked shorter, sharper questions rather than 60 second rambling rants each time he stood up, he might actually be able to get the PM on the hook.
With two key by-elections looming on Thursday where Labour are printing leaflets literally saying babies will die if voters back the Tories, it was no surprise to see Mr Corbyn arise to talk about the NHS.
But then that’s what his predecessor Ed Miliband thought would win him public backing when he “weaponised” the NHS for the three years running up to the last General Election.
And it looks like Labour have failed to acknowledge how the public reacted to that fight in 2015.
Tories hate the NHS cry Labour - Labour would bankrupt the country, cry Tories.
And who can forget the Tories favourite line that was wheeled out again by the PM: "I won't take any lessons from the party that presided over Mid-Staffs Hospital."
The same tedious battle lines are being drawn again.
Mr Corbyn did have one glimpse of proper scrutiny when he returned to his recent hit on Surrey Council getting a so called “sweetheart deal” over social care.
“Those claims were utterly destroyed the same afternoon”, Mrs May replied hopefully.
The word she was actually looking for was “denied” rather than “destroyed”, but an otherwise a classic episode of PM-snooze.
No score bore draw - three apiece.
