Is a trap still a trap if you can see it coming but have no choice but to stumble into it anyway? That’s the question posed by today’s boisterous post-recess PMQs.
It’s only day three, but this week has already revealed bitter splits in the Conservative Party over Rishi Sunak’s flagship smoking bill, which will ban teenagers from ever buying tobacco products, with almost 170 Tory MPs choosing not to vote with the government. It’s also another big week for the contentious Rwanda bill, which is currently ping-ponging between the Lords and the Commons.
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