U-turn embarrassment to schools – when he could have used at least four of his six questions to ask basic “when, why, how and where” questions on the issue. John McDonnell, the shadow Chancellor, was absolutely nowhere to be seen (rumour has it that he sneaked in halfway through, but he was nowhere near the front bench – strange considering they had assembled to criticise the incumbent Chancellor).

SNP lands blows on Theresa May at PMQs over budget u-turn and Scottish independence

Yes, the schools issue is important, but Corbyn had a real chance to regain some power and maintain the upper hand in this debate – and Theresa May eviscerated him as per usual with empty rhetoric, gesticulations and her strict headmistress voice. Philip Hammond even looked a bitThe leader of the campaign against Scottish independence has accused Scotland's first minister, Alex Salmond, of acting like a head of state and abusing the powers of the Holyrood government to silence opponents of independence.

Alistair Darling, the former chancellor who is now leading the Better Together umbrella group of Labour, Lib Dems and Tories against a breakaway, charges the Scottish National party with a nasty campaign of intimidation ahead of September's referendum and says it is exploiting its "power of patronage" to gag institutions, academics and artists who receive funding from the Scottish government.

Alistair Darling. Photograph: David Cheskin/PA

He cited an unnamed businessman who had been set to make "quite a sizable donation" to the no campaign, only to withdraw the offer.

"He rang me up, very apologetically, saying he'd