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29 August 2013updated 27 Sep 2015 5:33am

And the Malcolm Tucker Award goes to…

...a Government source quoted in today's Times.

By Media Mole

Labour’s amendment to the Syria motion to be debated in Parliament later on today has caused fury in Government circles, it would seem.

As Sam Coates and Francis Elliott report in today’s Times (£):

Now, that’s a turn of phrase that The Thick of It‘s Malcolm Tucker would be proud of.

(H/T to @RobDotHutton for the screengrab)

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