Even with parliament in recess, the summer would usually be a busy time in politics, full of crowds and bustle and gossip, writes John Rentoul
olitics has become even more anaemic in August. I quite liked the socially distanced parliament, with about as many MPs in the chamber for Prime Minister’s Questions as you would normally get for a debate on a private member’s bill toIt allowed a more considered form of debate in theory, although in practice it was basically the same point-scoring without the wall of noise.
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