How did Liz Truss handle her first clash with Keir Starmer? Sky's Joe Pike takes a look back at this week's PMQs.
And the mood during her main exchanges with the Labour leader was different to the tone we have become accustomed to at PMQs of late.
They were aware of the danger of being accused of"mansplaining" - as happened to Rishi Sunak during the Tory leadership debates. SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford talked of a"Truss tax" when describing her proposed reliance on borrowing - a line he will no doubt use repeatedly in the debates ahead.
Little surprise then that they reacted with delight at Theresa May's question about all three female PMs being Conservatives.
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