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PMQs on Progress Articles

PMQs in the shadow of the reshuffle

There were some pretty discontented former ministers scattered round the House of Commons this lunchtime. The reshuffle has taken its toll. Former secretary of state for education Michael Gove looked particularly disenchanted. He was officially revealed today in the...
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Playground politics

History tells us the bigger the lie, the more people are inclined to believe it. David Cameron must be playing this game. He said twice at prime minister’s questions that the Tories had put more money into the NHS and that they had cut bureaucracy. These assertions...
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Stat-offs put the public off

Lies, damn lies and statistics: Mark Twain would have been proud of today’s prime minister’s questions. But ultimately it is boring listening to politicians arguing over statistics. It is the thing that puts the public off politics. It is not funny. It is not amusing....
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Minds in foreign battlefields

Short questions are always the best ones. Ben Bradshaw, the Labour member of parliament for Exeter, had a good one today for the prime minister: ‘How is the campaign going to stop Mr Juncker?’ It was a cruel question because it looks like David Cameron is going to...
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Ukip at the feast

Ukip at the feast

Oct 29, 2014 |

The ghost of the United Kingdom Independence party hovered over prime minister’s questions today. No one mentioned it...