Chris

All politicians frame their questions in a way that suits their agenda. Politicians that oppose them frequently refuse to answer questions framed in such a way as to trip them up regardless of their answer.

I find it unsurprising that Cameron should decline to answer a question in the terms posed by Milliband. I also find it unsurprising that you should seize on the performance, rather than the content of the debate, as support for your view.

I believe Cameron declined to answer in the way Milliband wanted him to in order to emphasize that the real issue of fairness is why taxpayers should subsidise people to live in houses at rent rates that they as working people could not afford. I think Cameron is correct. Anyone who says that a person is being treated unfairly when they're receiving £20,000 a year housing benefit even after these cuts is just having a laugh.