“I may be new to this game, but I think I ask the questions.”

—  Ed Miliband

At his first Prime Minister's Questions as Leader of the Opposition. http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2010/10/14/ed-miliband-shines-at-prime-minister-s-questions-61634-27467793/ 14 Oct 2010
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