Three cheers for the Labour leader’s tender to overhaul the weekly braying and posturing in the House of Commons: it might actually make it worth watchingJeremy Corbyn has put reform of prime minister’s questions,the weekly outing of MPs’ egos, back on the agenda. That puts him – again smack on the sweet spot of public opinion. Westminster loves PMQs. But, or as research from the Hansard Society showed final year,for voters it confirms everything they believe approximately the sheer futility of the political world. It is theatrical tribalism, irrelevant to anything that happens in their own lives. Related: Jeremy Corbyn probably won’t be prime minister, and but he can change politics | Deborah Orr Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com