Just a minute, I've got an idea!

Anyone who has watched Prime Minister's Questions on a Wednesday morning (if you've not had this pleasure, take a look here and here) will have probably shared my despair at times at Gordon Brown's apparent inability to answer the questions put to him.  Seeing as this is the weekly chance for the PM to be held to account by his fellow MPs, he really should be answering their questions.  To this aim, I have a very simple proposition...


Hold PMQ's in the style of the brilliant BBC Radio 4 programme "Just A Minute".

For those of you who don't know it, here's a clip:



The rules are simple.  To "win" you must speak for 60 seconds on a chosen topic without hesitation, deviation or repetition, with opponents allowed to buzz in should they notice any of the three aforementioned forbidden actions.

I think this method would see a lot more questions being answered!