Theresa May wipes floor with Jeremy Corbyn at her first PMQs and twists the knife into floundering Labour leader
There were more than a few flashes of the Iron Lady, but it is the Iron Mayden who is in charge now
TORY MPs could have been forgiven for being a bit nervous as they settled in for Theresa May’s first PMQs.
They had, after all, just lost an accomplished Parliamentary jouster in David Cameron.
They needn’t have worried.
At times steely and fierce, at others warm and funny, Tezza blew Jezza away.
Corbyn’s main selling point has always been a plea for “serious politics”, an end to the Punch and Judy nature of PMQs.
He’s going to need a new trick, because Mrs May proved she can do “serious” far better than him.
On housing, the economy, stop and search, jobs and healing the nation, May wiped the floor with her hapless opponent.
A wall of noise slowly built up behind her as Tory backbenchers realised their new team captain has what it takes.
And it erupted into a roar as she twisted the knife into floundering Corbyn with well-constructed gag about his leadership troubles.
Talking about an “unscrupulous boss who doesn’t listen to his workers, who requires his workers to double their workload, and even exploits the rules to further his own career”, she slowly delivered a cold, measured punchline: “Remind him of anyone?”
Corbyn landed one glancing blow by bringing up Boris Johnson’s infamous description of “piccaninnies” and attack on Barack Obama’s “part-Kenyan heritage”.
But Mrs May rode it well, and had her own dig about Labour’s failure – yet again – to pick a woman leader while the Tories have had two female Prime Ministers.
There were more than a few flashes of the Iron Lady today. The Iron Mayden is in charge now.
SCORE: Theresa May 5-1 Jeremy Corbyn