What purpose does it serve?

[anotheoldgit]

http://www.telegraph....-of-the-children.html

Poor old Brownie couldn't seem to get a word in.

I am a big believer in British historic institutions, but has Prime Minister's Question Time, now become a laughing stock for the rest of the world, and should it now be abandoned?

[jackthehat]

Obviously it is a promotion too far for The Squeaker.....the job needs to be given to someone with gravitas and authority...Mr Bercow has neither.

[ichkeria]

For the rest of the world?? Surely not??
This article is part of the Tory assault on the speaker. They hate him.
I heard his savaging of Graham Stuart on the radio yesterday and thought it quite amusing.

[Gromit]

You are watching edited highlights of rowdyness. It is a bit like watching a compilation of fouls in a football match. It was neither representative nor an accurate summary of the day's proceedings. The debate, and Brown's speech were actually quite illuminating, but you wouldn't have thought so from matching this clip.
PMQs is good telly - long may it continue.