When Tony Blair changed Prime Minister's Question Time in 1997 from two 15-minute sessions a week to one 30-minute session, he said he thought it would make for a more civilised, less aggressive and boisterous session. Boy, was he wrong. Almost fifty years after being formally instituted, Prime Minister's Questions is more loud and badly-behaved than ever. It was in PMQs that Vince Cable likened Gordon Brown to Mr. Bean and that David Cameron said of Tony Blair, 'he was the future once.'

It's so entertaining it's even broadcast live in the US.

Tickets for the 'Stranger's Gallery' - or the public seats, as non-Parliamentarians call it - are hard to get for PMQs. Your best bet, believe it or not, is to write to your MP requesting them. You can find out who your MP is at http://www.parliament.uk/site-information/contact-us/. Alternatively, you can get down to the Palace of Westminster bright and early on a Wednesday morning and join the tourists in the queue, but you might well not get in if all the tickets have been pre-allocated.