PRWeek's PMQs Twitter round-up

The backdrop to this week’s PMQs , described by some commentators as Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s best outing so far at the despatch box, was the controversial decision by the Lords to delay implementation of the Government’s plans to reduce tax credits for working families.

Today's hot topics for #PMQs are likely to be tax credits, steel workers and Cameron's EU negotiations.

— BM Public Affairs (@BMPubAffairs) October 28, 2015

David Cameron began PMQs by paying tribute to the Labour MP and former minister Michael Meacher, who died last week, to murmurs of approval from all sides.

Then, after a bizarre soft question from a Conservative backbencher lauding Basildon as the place where one in ten of the world’s tractors are built, Corbyn got down to the serious business of tax credits.

One in ten tractors in the world built in #Basildon. Headline fact from today's #PMQs

— Pagefield (@PagefieldLondon) October 28, 2015

Corbyn asked the Prime Minister six times whether working families would be worse off under the government’s proposals to reduce tax credits.

But Cameron adopted a ‘wait and see’ response to the question which, some said, made him appear evasive.

This is Corbyn's best #PMQs so far. Asking PM same question six times - are people going to be worse off - has made PM look evasive

— Jane Merrick (@janemerrick23) October 28, 2015

Corbyn's new tactic: repeatedly asking about the same issue = far more effective at exposing PM

— Emily Ashton (@elashton) October 28, 2015

A question by the new Lib Dem leader Tim Farron about refugees engendered a quip from Cameron that he was glad to see a such a high turnout of his MPs but, given the nature of the question, some commentators thought this was an unacceptable response. To add insult to injury, Sky News apparently cut to an ad break as Farron got to his feet.

.@timfarron cut off by @SkyNews #PMQs coverage despite Pol Ed highlighting his question in build up...

— Hugo Legh (@hugolegh) October 28, 2015

There were also the now inevitable swipes at Corbyn's trademark side glare and Chancellor George Osborne's facial expressions.

when you've been up all night plotting to destroy the lords #pmqs pic.twitter.com/CxkBWDGMcd

— lameboy advance (@ryxnf) October 28, 2015

But commentators could not agree who had won this week's encounter, with some calling a draw and others, grudgingly, calling it for Corbyn.

In this week's #PMQS... pic.twitter.com/8UKIrCEuU6

— FleishmanHillard UK (@fleishmanUK) October 28, 2015

A Corbyn win in a week he couldn't lose. But Tories know the longer Jeremy stays, the more long-term damage it does to Labour's brand #PMQs

— Dylan Sharpe (@dylsharpe) October 28, 2015