Imagine. A prime minister’s questions where the prime minister actually answers the questions. Where ideology and policy are debated in a relatively civilised way. There was a calmness. Without sneering, bombast or diversion. And only the odd one-liner putdown. It probably won’t last. But it was a refreshing change while it lasted.
Liz Truss arrived in good time for her first PMQs and took her place between Penny Mordaunt and Thérèse Coffey. Other new cabinet appointees, including the big guns of Kwasi Kwarteng, James Cleverly and Suella Braverman, squeezed in as close as possible. To see and be seen.
