PMQs and the BBC

The BBC manage to report today's PMQs as some sort of a draw but most interestingly the piece devoted to PMQs also includes this as a parting shot:

'The cables, obtained by whistleblowing website Wikileaks, also include a string of revelations about Bank of England governor Mervyn King's concern about Mr Cameron and Chancellor George Osborne's lack of experience ahead of May's general election.'

Two points:
1) Why is this relevant to the coverage of PMQs, no other background briefing was given in the article?
2) If these negative comments about David Cameron and George Osborne are relevant why are the negative comments about Gordon Brown not mentioned?


Interestingly the usually very pro-Labour Michael Crick has to admit defeat on today's PMQs:

'David Cameron's quick trip back from Zurich was well worth it. He wiped the floor with Ed Miliband at Prime Minister's Questions, absolutely hammered him.

It was a huge mistake for Miliband to taunt Cameron with a William Hague quote about the Tories front bench being the "children of Thatcher", for Cameron inevitably retorted that Miliband was the "son of Brown".

That had government MPs in rapture, and dismayed members on the Labour benches.

Why instead didn't Miliband raise the Wikileaks remarks from Mervyn King about Cameron and Osborne's lack of experience and tendency to think of things only in terms of politics?

One thing Ed Miliband needs to learn is to stop repeating so many of his phrases, and sub-clauses. I imagine he does it to make himself heard above the noise, and to add emphasis, but it makes him look hesitant, nervous, indecisive and weak.

But one piece of advice for Cameron. He should avoid looking a touch too cocky when he has the upper hand.'

When even Michael Crick  calls PMQs for David Cameron rather than the labour leader you know it must have been a massacre... Strange how the BBC's news coverage is less forthcoming.