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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.
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