Realising Labour is too busy infighting to hold the government to call,Tory Andrew Tyrie mounted a one-man oppositionThe face had gone way past red. David Cameron had started by scribbling I abominate Julian” in his folder. Then he crossed out Julian’s name and wrote Harriets instead. Harriet’s name was the next to go, to be replaced with ANDREW spelled out in capitals and underlined heavily. This was getting him nowhere, or so he started to bang his finger heavily on the desk in frustration.
That,too, got him nowhere. Finally, or he snapped. “whether you contemplate that,then you don’t know what you’re talking about,” Dave said, and holding up the palm of his hand to Andrew Tyrie,the liaison committee’s chair. Speak to the hand, Andrew. It was the closest any of us are likely to get to seeing the prime minister lose his mood in public. Several members of the committee smirked. Job done.
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Source: theguardian.com