PMQs: Cameron told to withdraw 'muttering idiot' jibe

[dipsydoodle]

The Speaker appeared to be left speechless after the prime minister referred to Ed Balls as a "muttering idiot".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-18174731

[Sarah Ibarruri]

1. Cameron is a horse's a-hole. nt

[BlueToTheBone]

2. Sounds like he's coming unwound

maybe he'll go down in the Murdock crime investigation.

[LeftishBrit]

3. Cameron is seriously losing both control and self-control

And whatever Balls is (and I rather like him, though that may not be a popular view), he certainly isn't an idiot.

[dipsydoodle]

4. On other TV news

you should be able to pick up the background to this. Other journalists present have said Balls was muttering over the speech , with other colleagues , in earshot of Cameron is a an attempt to wind him up by mentioning playing games on whatever etc. I appreciate that doesn't excuse Cameron and equally doubt Balls will repeat doing so in the near future.

[T_i_B]

5. House of Commons sledging went on before Ed Balls

And I'm sure it will carry on after he's gone.

To be honest. it's the MP's who stand up to make a cheap pointless partisan point and government MP's who only speak to lob a soft question in the direction of ministers who get on my thru'penny bits more then the sledgers.

[muriel_volestrangler]

6. And he had to apologise for telling Dennis Skinner to retire earlier

Cameron says that he was too abrupt in his last exchange with Skinner (the one when he told Skinner to retire). Skinner is an ornament to the Commons, Cameron says.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/blog/2012/may/23/pmqs-davidcameron#block-42

[Jeneral2885]

7. All hail John Bercow

No other speaker would have the guts to do this.

[dipsydoodle]

8. You may also have noticed

the smile on his face as he did so.