PRIME MINISTER’S QUESTIONS
P.M.Q’S or Prime Ministers Questions are heard at midday each Wednesday for half an hour when Parliament is sitting. The leader of the opposition can ask six questions, sometimes a red herring is slipped in to mislead or misdirect the Prime Minister. Most questions are direct, some rhetorical and others take the shape of “W.H” questions. The latter is frequently used by journalists when a question is prefixed by What, Who, Where, When, Why and How. The newsmen borrowed this structure from Rudyard Kipling’s poem “Six honest serving men”. If only in politics honesty was the motive and driving force, questions might get answered more positively and outcomes more beneficial.
