"A few minutes in to the year's penultimate prime minister's questions with MPs from both sides shouting and cheering, the speaker interrupted proceedings to say, we don't need the panto auditions any more. To which the natural response was, oh yes we do'. Because that's pretty much the whole purpose of PMQs at the best of times. A feelgood experience for some. A feelbad experience for others."
"Kemi has come to realise that the bar is actually quite low for her to remain as Tory leader. All she has to do is be a little bit better than Keir Starmer at PMQs. Which is turning out to be a lot less difficult than she imagined. Sometimes just standing up is enough. Though being good at PMQs does nothing to shift the polls the Tories are still tanking behind Labour it does wonders for the morale of her backbenchers."
With little more than a week to the Christmas recess, Commons behaviour has become festive and raucous. Prime minister's questions has taken on a pantomime quality, offering feelgood moments for some and feelbad moments for others. Kemi Badenoch has exploited a low bar at PMQs by performing slightly better than Keir Starmer, which keeps her support among backbenchers strong. Effective PMQs performances have not translated into improved national polls, but they bolster morale and political survival inside the party. Her aides have guided her toward simpler, straightforward questioning and away from risky late-night online behaviour, letting her accumulate small wins.
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