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Sometimes I watch PMQs as if it’s a dystopian pantomime, like if all the robots in Isaac Asimov’s I, Robot defeated the people, but staged democracy once a week in Parliament just for a laugh.
Witnessing David Cameron duck, dive and quip his way through the weekly questions is to watch a well-oiled machine programmed to dodge bullets.
Rarely ever does he respond candidly. Instead, in the space where thoughtful answers should be, we’re treated to nothing more than evasion and brazen attacks.
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