Nick Clegg was measured and confident at his first PMQs. He made several spirited and well-argued attacks on the Labour government's record and legacy. I should think David Cameron will have no concerns about leaving him to hold the fort again in future.
Opposite him, Jack Straw took the role of Shadow Deputy PM and made really dreadful attempts to attack the Liberal Democrats - claiming they have no influence on government policy when it is as plain as the nose in the middle of Jack Straw's face that huge amounts of influence have been exercised - the referendum on our voting system, the rise in capital gains tax, the protections for the lower paid that were evident in the Emergency Budget, and many more.
Labour are not only still in denial about the UK's debt mountain, but also about the coalition itself and the very nature of politics as a result of this year's election result. Wiser heads than I have commented that Labour needs to have an eye to a future in which coalitions are the norm and they need the Lib Dems - better to make up and be friends again sooner rather than later...
