Unfit To Govern

I have just watched Prime Minister’s Question Time and once again I feel David Cameron has put in a lack lustre performance.  He really will need to improve his style if he is to win through when the going gets really tough as it surely will in the Autumn.

Consider these three points;

1. Why does the Prime Minister continually turn to the side or face the back when he is answering Harriet Harman’s questions?  He really will have to try and stand his ground, and look at the opposition in order to persuade everyone that he has confidence in what he says.
2. He (and the rest of the Coalition) needs to stop blaming the Labour Party for everything.  I believe the general public is sick of hearing this.  He and the Coalition need to accept responsibilty for Government, by actually answering questions rather than throwing a question back at the opposition or blaming them for the ‘mess’.  Their own ‘Office of Budget Responsibility’ has indicated that the mess isn’t as bad as they have been making out.
3. Why is it impossible to give a straightforward answer of Yes… or No?  When asked about whither suspected cancer patients could expect to see a Consultant within two weeks he simply couldn’t answer leaving us to make up our own mind what the truth is.  If he didn’t know the answer why didn’t he simply answer; “that the NHS would be failing cancer patients if they were not seen by a consultant in the quickest possible time necessary to make an early diagnosis, and if that meant within two then the answer was Yes”?

 I believe this may have been the last PM’s Question Time until Parliament returns early in September after the summer recess.  So, we will have to just wait to see if the style improves?