PMQs review: Badenoch looks for a culture war scrap

New Tory leader's second time facing Keir Starmer at the despatch box did not go well.

Partly due to lack of an obvious topic on which to attack to the Prime Minister this week .

Instead she reverted to what should have been last week’s big topic and tried to tear apart Labour's Budget measures.

Her eagerness to switch topics reinforced the impression that she is more interested in finding war issues to the real lives of voters.

Contrast this with the approach of Liberal Democrat Ed Davey who set the topic of the NI rise with a straightforward question on support for GP practices.

Badenoch is still finding her feet with her new role and she clearly has the rhetorical skills to make a real impact at PMQs. But today she faltered. If she wants to land blows on Starmer , she might want to rewatch this session and identify how her provocations fell short..