Priti 4 Witham

Unlike everyone at PMQ’s today, I am not paying tribute to Tony Blair. Instead I would like to wax lyrically at David Cameron’s performance at PMQ’s. It was spot on in terms of tone and the points he made to the departing Mr Blair. In addition to his questions on the recent floods and what Blair’s first priority would be in his new Middle East role, David also paid a very generous tribute to Blair. He congratulated him on his 10 years as PM, he paid tribute to Blair’s achievements on Northern Ireland, and also to his support to the developing world. I guess as they say, this was totally in the spirit of the occasion. But more to the point, David’s approach prevented the usual kick about which would have only given more oxygen to the Labour side. It was the perfect way to send Blair off.