A favourite insinuation was that argumentative MPs simply didn’t get what the Government was trying to do. “I am very pleased to be coming to the House to speak on this issue,” she trilled. Badenoch however demonstrated what sets career politicians apart from the rest of us: an entire absence of shame and the gift for saying something utterly unbelievable with a hint of veiled insolence and a perfectly straight face. Had a Sir Humphrey received such a shellacking he’d already be on sick leave, demanding compensation and the Speaker’s resignation before you could say “Dominic Raab”.įew would have envied the culprit bearing the full weight of Hoyle’s biblical-level wrath. In certain circles, like the civil service, this might be considered bullying. You almost expected flashes of lightning to emanate from his finger-tips as he bellowed at the Secretary of State. No, this was a rip-roaring rage, complete with furious spluttering and finger-pointing. This was not just faint peevishness or a slightly pettish strop. We were about to get a formal dressing down. Someone might as well have broadcasted “BRACE, BRACE” over an intercom. It was the sort of “I’m sorry that you feel like that” non-apology that comes naturally to customer service operatives, psychopaths and Members of Parliament. After unveiling changes to the Retained EU Law Bill in the Telegraph, Badenoch apologised to Hoyle for “sequencing that was not to your satisfaction”. On Thursday it was Kemi Badenoch’s turn to edge the Speaker closer to a coronary. And with each leak, Lindsay Hoyle undergoes a startling transformation from affable cove to a Lancastrian Incredible Hulk. Virtually every part of the Budget is known to the press days or even weeks before it deigns to reach the Commons. Leakier than a boat made of Swiss cheese. Parliament these days is a porous place leakier than a sieve during monsoon season.
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