David Cameron's tactics for PMQs 17 March 2010

So how will David Cameron tackle the great dissembler at PMQs today? He could go on Army underfunding again, maybe drawing attention to the subtle way that Gordon Brown has changed his stock answer from never refusing an army request to never refusing an "urgent operational requirements" request. Alternatively he could attack on the economy pointing out that despite Gordon Brown's claims that everyone agreed with him on how to manage the 'recovery' the EU Commission have declared that the UK is not on course to cut its deficit in line with EU rules by the 2015 deadline. Or David Cameron might attack over the UNITE unions ownership of Labour; half the cabinet!

So much choice but which line of attack will Gordon Brown find most irritating and hard to answer? Last week Gordon Brown showed a willingness to be less than straight about army funding and maybe that subject is getting so involved that the general public just can't follow it. The European Commission report looks a promising point but Gordon Brown will doubtless see that as a way of first attacking the Conservatives for being "wrong, wrong, wrong" again, even though it is his predictions that have been shown to be faulty time and time again (I may return to this subject later in the week) and second of calling the Tories 'anti-European'. So maybe the UNITE/Labour angle would be most profitable, after all Gordon Brown will no doubt bring up Lord Ashcroft again, so why not get in there first? The Sun's front page could give David Cameron some popular ammunition and its presence on the newsstands today does mean that David Cameron could could attack on a point that is fresh in the public consciousness.

Soon after 12:00 we will know...