Brown finds feet at PMQs, Cameron/Cable slither

BBC's Daily Politics host Andrew Neil wonders if our Leader is finding his feet at Prime Minister's question time. Political corro Nick Robinson thinks he is. So do I. Cameron and Cable were nowhere. Pity about Brown rabbiting on about Hayden Phillips. But if it serves its purpose to wrong-foot the Tories over election spending, then it might just be understandable. To gain the moral high ground (difficult to image in the light of recent events), but worth a try, Labour must drop the idea of increased state-funding for political parties. Let's hope the White Paper promised yesterday by Jack Straw in the Opposition debate on Party funding is firmly based on the need to regulate spending, and eschews financial aid from the taxpayer. A Labour Party policy commission will be meeting later today to consider its stance.