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Westminster Week: Team games

Wednesday

Today’s Prime Minister’s Questions was a game plan gone wrong. Rather than rise to bat away every ball and reassure the country that he’s got a handle on matters, the big hitter failed to get that far. His final flourish was the most coherent part of it. There’s little more to this leader than his time in Manchester.

Thursday

Ian Room MP (North Devon/Liberal Democrats) raises “suspicious businesses” selling illegal cigarettes as a matter of concern in his constituency. He says more funding is needed for enforcement officers to run the beat. It’s not just the vape shops, then.