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  • John Crace's sketches have been rather strange of late, though. He just seems to make things up without giving any indication they're made up. I have no doubt that Cummings' appearance on which this is based was not glorious, but this article is definitely not straightforward 'news' but satire. I also imagine it's not really in the tradition of parliamentary sketches (with which I'm not that familiar, though, having only tuned into them through Simon Hoggart's efforts quite recently).

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