In 99 days time Ed Miliband wants to be answering the one the questions at PMQs.

 

Unfortunately he is already the one answering the questions at PMQs.

In fact the weekly joust in the Commons rapidly became Opposition leaders' Questions (OLQs).

The Tories complain a lot about the Speaker John Bercow, formerly of their parish.

But he did little to intervene when David Cameron failed on occasion to even pretend to answer a series of questions from the Labour leader and instead repeatedly asked his own.

The problem was it is a difficult question for Mr Miliband to answer.

The Labour leader has said that he cannot remember what words he used in a conversation in which he reportedly talked about "weaponising" the health service as a campaign tool in the general election.

But the Tories clearly sense a way that thy can help to neutralise the NHS, an issue that Labour believes will help it secure victory at the polls in May.

Mr Miliband hit back accusing the Tory leader of waging "war" on Wales, where, ahem, the Labour party are in charge.

The Prime Minister has made little secret of his desire to attack the opposition's record on public services in Wales.

And, to be fair, he did not appear to look insulted at the accusation of warfare.

The row led Shadow chancellor Ed Balls to make much of his "oh, come on" hand wave at Mr Cameron.

But, despite a strong performance at the start of PMQs, the session started to tell on the Prime Minister.

Tory MPs started to get angry and then angrier as the Speaker, perhaps regretting his earlier inaction, allowed the questions to keep coming.

By 12.35, 35 minutes into what is a half-hour session, Tory MPs were getting properly annoyed.

By the time that the clock showed 12.37 they were furious.

For Mr Cameron's part he was only just holding on.

All that shouting earlier had left him with a croaking voice that was going downhill, fast.

At one point he even appeared to accuse Mr Miliband of "clasping at straws".

All this and other 99 days to go until polling day.