At the last PMQs of 2015, Corbyn won out with substance over style | Voices | The Independent
After a fairly quiet week for the Labour leader, PMQs this week was a restrained but solid victory for Corbyn. Cameron was left to play the rhetorician yet again in his failure to offer sincere-sounding responses, and his perceived lack of humanity. Consistently, throughout his opening series of PMQs, Corbyn has managed to honour his promise to speak on behalf of normal people.
Almost 100 days after becoming leader of the Labour party, Corbyn has appeared consistently competent in debate with the Prime Minister. The new politics has been about moving the political discourse into the living rooms of Britain, rather than out of reach of all but the most seasoned Etonites.
While many commentators may not enjoy Corbyn’s sombre PMQs appearances, and prefer the sparring banter they saw between Osborne and Eagle last week, it’s important to remember this isn’t an entertainment show: it’s real life. Can we really celebrate the idea of spectacle over substance?
In many ways, this week’s session followed the same lines as every other Cameron-Corbyn spar: serious questions with mention of actual humans, versus rhetoric-driven replies that fall back on the state of the economy. As we enter the Christmas period, those who suggested Jeremy’s leadership must consider this.
Faced with the relentless attacks that come from the media and, in many cases, inside his own party, Corbyn is biting back in his signature manner. And transforming PMQs into People’s Questions has been one of his greatest moves.
Source: At the last PMQs of 2015, Corbyn won out with substance over style | Voices | The Independent
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Those who shout and rave do so out of frustration in not being in control of a situation and being unable to explain their views coherently. Jeremy Corbyn is a great speaker and gets his points of view over with dignity. Parliament must be open to the scrutiny of the electorate and not a secret society.
I am so sick of Cameron’s response to everything thrown at him, he never answers the question and always finishes with the lie of delivering a stronger economy, which it most certainly is not. Thankfully, Corbyn has pretty much forced Cameron’s lie to appear more and more like an item tacked on the end of a shopping list than anything to be taken seriously.