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HENRY DEEDES watches the final PMQs before Parliament’s summer recess 

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This time last year, Boris Johnson marched into the summer recess with the lumbering swagger of an all-conquering prizefighter. In his first appearance in the Commons as Prime Minister, he pummelled Jeremy Corbyn through the ropes. Battered. Banjaxed. Jezza looked so punch drunk it’s a mercy he didn’t require smelling salts. Boris rarely emerges quite … Read more

Commons set to go into recess for nearly a fortnight from tomorrow

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The House of Commons is set to go into recess for nearly a fortnight from tomorrow despite coronavirus crisis – as MPs condemn plans to ditch ‘virtual’ sittings and make them attend The House of Commons is set to go into recess for nearly a fortnight tomorrow The break until June 2 comes a month … Read more