Arguments
broke out amongst tired media analysts last night as to which of the Houses of
Parliament were responsible for the ping, and which the pong, in the latest ping-ponging
of the anti-Terror bill between the Commons and the Lords. Times
Commentator, Tristran Smith, said that the bill was initially pinged from the
Commons to the Lords and then ponged back again. But the Daily Mail's Jeremy Hopper
says it was the Lords who pinged the bill back, the pong was being caused by this
'bloody government'. A
Liberal Democrat spokesman told us: "We are in uncharted waters at
the moment. This could go on for days and the longer it goes on the more difficult
it is to work out who is pinging and who is ponging. But as there's only three
showers for 600 MP's my money's on a pong by Sunday." A
backbencher told us: "It's all part of our proud Great British parliamentary
process: I'm arming myself with some eggs and tomatoes tomorrow. If it's all over
by then I will cook myself some breakfast." Charles
Clark, the Home Secretary, complained that nobody is taking terrorism seriously.
A man wearing an Osama Bin Laden outfit with big balloon breasts blew a large
raspberry as he walked past. | 
