Theresa May suffering from bad case of Gordon Brown-itis as she turns PMQs into dull affair with ream of stats

SOMEONE please get Theresa May a Lemsip, it seems the Prime Minister has been struck down with the lurgy.

And it’s not the one doing the rounds in Westminster – no, Mrs May is suffering with a bad case of the dreaded Gordon Brown-itis.

Back in his day, the former PM would use the PMQs pulpit to reel off dozens of statistics and numbers and quotes to try and claim that while the global economy was crashing around him, Britain was actually doing brilliantly because of his genius.

Comparing him to an old Soviet commandant defending the glorious USSR, wicked MPs would yell “more tractor production statistics!”

Well today Mrs May was doing a fine tribute act to the great clunky fist, with some actual production facts of her own.

“I’ll give the Honourable Gentleman some facts” she said, to an audible groan picked up on the backbench microphones.

Mrs May reeled off “Nissan Jaguar, Land Rover, investing in UK, making jobs in Britain” in response to a legitimate question about Brexit.

“Just look at the facts that there are over one million people over the age of 65 than there was in 2010,” she replied in a non-answer to important questions about social care.

Yes, that is the problem, but what is the solution?

She was let off the hook by a terrible opponent in Jeremy Corbyn, who managed to confuse the Institute For Fiscal Studies with the International Monetary Fund.

An easy mistake for a doddery old pensioner to make, but probably not one that hopes to become the next PM.

Mrs May hit back: “Given he can't distinguish between the IMF and the IFS- it's probably a good thing I'm standing here and he's standing there!”

An open goal and that was the best line she could manage? Dull, dull, dull – let’s hope she shakes off the Brownitis soon…
FINAL SCORE: Theresa May 3 – 3 Jeremy Corbyn