Oh dear, these Serious Times meant PMQs with Harriet Harman and William Hague proved rather a damp squib - not a gag between them. William Hague and Harriet Harman could have done with a few jokes Even old Twinkletoes Vince Cable dared not risk a crack. Like his boss last week, the shadow foreign secretary chose not to go on the attack, and with nothing to kick against, his oppo didn't g...

Today brings one of those rare treats - a PMQs tussle between Harriet Harman and William Hague. While Gordon the cat's away in Brussels, those mice will play, and expect Hattie to make the kind of pops about Hague's little Lake Como jolly that the PM would prefer to rise above. Labour MPs were pleased with the way the bout went between GB and David Cameron last week, and will be wil...

Today brings one of those rare treats - a PMQs tussle between Harriet Harman and William Hague. While Gordon the cat's away in Brussels, those mice will play, and expect Hattie to make the kind of pops about Hague's little Lake Como jolly that the PM would prefer to rise above. Labour MPs were pleased with the way the bout went between GB and David Cameron last week, and will be wil...

  Yup, Harriet Harman doesn't like being mocked by William Hague.  But she's not going to turn the other cheek.  Her retaliation: pointing out that Mr Hague in 2004 took as much as £20,000 from none other than Royal Bank of Scotland for after-dinner speeches. (You can inspect the record here) Neatly, she waited until Mr Hague had used up all his questions too, denyin...

Harriet Harman and William Hague accuse each other of poor maths in a spat over Government spending at Prime Minister's Questions.

After recent bizarre speculation that Harriet Harman is seeking to replace Gordon Brown, it was a pretty obvious hit for William Hague at the Commons clash of the deputies. Mr Hague, the surprise loser of their last bout, landed joke of the day. It's pretty rich "being lectured on food waste by a PM who's past his sell-by date," he said, following up with: "May I speak for the whole House when I w...

Harriet Harman proved at today's PMQs that lightning doesn't strike twice. In her first outing against William Hague a few months ago she emerged triumphant. On the second occasion it was a score draw. Today she was flailing about all over the place - incoherant, unconfident and apparently without anything to say about the current economic crisis. Hague played it clever. He didn't g...

11.30am: With the Prime Minister in Brussels, Harriet Harman is standing in for PMQs today. William Hague is facing her for the Opposition. Rosa Prince of the Telegraph expects Harman to "make the kind of pops about Hague's little Lake...

Reserve team match -- Harriet Harman versus William Hague-- at Prime Minister's Questions today

She surprised her critics at her last outing against William Hague, but Harriet Harman lost the House at Prime Minister's Questions today.