Article 5J58X A sludge of grandstanding: does question time finally need some answers?

A sludge of grandstanding: does question time finally need some answers?

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Amy Remeikis
from World news | The Guardian on (#5J58X)

While the death to dixers movement certainly has a strong following, the theatrics are probably here to stay

A Westminster tradition, used in most commonwealth countries, question time is meant to be one of the linchpins of democracy, a chance where constituents, through their representatives, can ask the government of the day what's going on?"

In reality, it's where questions go to die, suffocated in the sludge of government lines, opposition grandstanding and backbenchers grasping for their moment in the sun.

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