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Keir Starmer claims the Tories have become the 'political wing of the flat-earth society' for promoting conspiracies; Sunak says Starmer is just sniping from the sidelines. Matt Chorley, Tim Shipman, Ed Vaizey and Lara Spirit pause and unpack all the action from Westminster.
Plus: Columnists Alice Thomson and Robert Crampton discuss where protests should be permitted, life lessons for Gen Z, and whether or not they'd have any 'tweakments'.
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PMQs: (23:40)
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