Another Wednesday, another PMQs. Squabbling is what we’ve come to expect, and once again it’s what we got.
The biggest moment of the session came when Jeremy Corbyn made an unfortunate mix-up: he confused the IMF (International Monetary Fund) with the IFS (Institute for Fiscal Studies).
As he was trying to challenge PM Theresa May on the economy and her party’s financial policies, it certainly was an embarrassing misstep for the Labour leader.
People just couldn’t get over his mistake.
#Corybn makes a clanger in #PMQs today as he fails to differentiate between the #IFS and the #IMF.
The deluded @UKLabour party rumbles on.
— Antony (@Antony_SW11) November 30, 2016
The #IFS and #IMF are different organisations. Surely even your joke of an economic team know that?@UKLabour #PMQs
— Antony (@Antony_SW11) November 30, 2016
@jeremycorbyn can't even distinguish between the IMF and the IFS #PMQs – time for Grandad Trot to retire
— Black ? Pilchard (@ThomasPilchard) November 30, 2016
With so many acronyms flying about it, it all was getting pretty confusing.
Unfortunate slip for economic credibility, as Corbyn gets confused between the IMF and IFS. Or were those figures from MFI? #PMQs
— Tom Newton Dunn (@tnewtondunn) November 30, 2016
The PM was quick to jump on his blunder, and people were loving her mic-drop moment when she put him down.
TM: 'Leader of Opposition can't distinguish between IMF and IFS, good job he's not in government.' #PMQs
— Sebastian Moncrieffe (@SebMoncrieffe) November 30, 2016
Oof, Teresa May schools Corbyn on the facts #PMQs #zinger #mikedrop
— hypnicjerker (@hypnicjerker) November 30, 2016
@jeremycorbyn just got shot down there on not knowing his differences on IMF and IFF …. #PMQs
— Chris Higgins (@Chiggy87) November 30, 2016
School boy error by Corbyn, mixing IMF and IFS. Once again, @theresa_may is very quick on her feet. #PMQs
— Louise Kennedy (@louise_ken) November 30, 2016
But this is not to say that people were convinced by May’s performance as a whole: for many, the only reason she was getting away with anything was Corbyn’s poor performance, not because of anything she was doing.
Oh dear. It appears Corbyn confused the IMF and IFS, which let May off the hook for question on worst decade for wages in a century. #PMQs
— James Ball (@jamesrbuk) November 30, 2016
May is awful, Corbyn should be burying her but he isn't #PMQs
— Matt Partridge (@partridge1971) November 30, 2016
A decent Labour Leader would be wiping the floor with TMay at #PMQs #bbcdp
— Cllr Biff Bean (@BiffBean) November 30, 2016
And it's Corbyn, set up perfectly, he can't miss… #pmqs pic.twitter.com/OIn7q5G0ov
— Alex Wickham (@WikiGuido) November 30, 2016
Some saw a hint of the gangsta in May with her put down and the bling she was sporting.
I like that massive chain Theresa May is wearing on #PMQs. Tip of the head to gangsta rap by T-May?
— karl wishart (@karlwishart) November 30, 2016
Theresa May rapping: now that’s something we’d like to see.
