Prime Minister's Questions: 14 December 2011

Watch today's Prime Minister's Questions - the last prime minister's questions of 2011:



Prime Minister, David Cameron, answered questions from MPs in the House of Commons on subjects including the Royal Bank of Scotland, unemployment and youth employment, the recent EU Council meeting and citizenship education.

The best line from today's PMQs was from David Cameron in response to Ed Milliband remarking about the tension between the Prime Minister and his deputy, Nick Clegg:

No one in this house is going to be surprised that Conservatives and Liberal Democrats don't always agree about Europe. But let me reassure him he shouldn't believe everything he reads in the papers. It's not that bad. It's not like we're brothers or anything.

It was certainly a rousing session. Cameron was on fire (doing really well). It has to be said that the Labour leader, Ed Milliband, looked very weak, indeed.          

"What A Wonderful World" with David Attenborough

JK Rowling testifies at Leveson Inquiry

I've been watching bits of the Leveson Inquiry this week. I thought JK Rowling's testimony yesterday was particularly compelling.

This is an excerpt from the hearing yesterday. The author tells the Leveson Inquiry she found a note from a journalist inside her daughter's school bag and about the lengths she went to stop her children being photographed:




I think something drastic must be done to rein in journalists who pursue their stories by using detestable methods such as hacking phones and harrassing people (particularly regarding children) but I also believe in the freedom of the press. It's a difficult issue to sort out.

Have you watched any of the inquiry? What are your thoughts about the phone hacking and intrusion that's done by journalists and photographers?

A disguised Katherine Jenkins goes underground as a busker

The mezzo soprano star treated commuters to an impromptu performance with a 45 minute busking session at Leicester Square station yesterday which included renditions of some of her biggest hits such as Time To Say Goodbye.

The busking stunt was for ES Magazine (the weekly from the London Evening Standard).