The economy is still the critical issue however, today, as the Prime Minister pointed out, it was cuttingly omitted from the debate. Many suppose this to be a consequence of the former Chancellor Alistair Darling releasing his new book which openly accuses Labour of entering the last election without a credible economic plan. The hangover from their last period in power continues to stifle the opposition from amounting any real attack on the government's economic plan although many flaws can be picked out, most critically, a distinct lack of growth. So under this burdening shadow, Ed Miliband confronted the PM on two other central policies. He did successfully highlight the seemingly unnecessary 25 million cost of holding delayed elections for new police commissioners in November 2012. This was a result of Liberal Democrat interventions and Conservative backbenchers did later vent their frustration, for the first time, openly condemning the significance of the Liberal Democrat's role in government.
Mr Miliband then switched to the government's reform of the NHS, especially picking out that the number of people waiting over 6 months for major operations having risen by over 60% in the last year. Not glowing statistics for the government on any level but the leader of the opposition failed to bring his point to bear with a weaker finish that lacked any critical climax. Futhermore, the PM won over the momentum by smartly pointing out the omittance of any questions on the economy on the day that the 50p tax rate came under greater fire from economists. The rest of the questions went through quietly with two important exclusions, the first as I have already included were more vocal calls from Conservative backbenchers for the Liberal Democrats to have smaller influence in policy decisions. The second was a call for a referendum on Europe which as the front cover of The Times explored today, is a growing concern for a number of Eurosceptics on the Conservative backbenchs.
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