All change on the Tory benches

Staying on the subject of PMQ's keen watchers will have noted that on the opposition benches,George Osborne did not take up his place on the immediate right of David Cameron.Instead William Hague occupied the position

Jane Merrick over at Open House comments

Cameron's aides insist Osborne is safe, but appearances count for a lot, and he looked slightly vulnerable one removed from the Tory leader. I can't remember the last time Osborne wasn't at Cameron's side for the weekly event. Osborne's admission that he made a "mistake" in engaging in conversations about a possible donation from Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska is only the sub-plot to Lord Mandelson's links to Deripaska, but his position seems more precarious than the Business Secretary, at the moment.