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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
John Crace

From PMQs with love: Dowden says a fond farewell to his rivalry with Rayner

Oliver Dowden smiling at PMQs
Three months in opposition has done Olive, as almost everyone calls him, nothing but good. Photograph: House of Commons

Those we didn’t know we would miss. Those we didn’t know we had loved, even.

Westminster can be a brutal place. Somewhere ambition collides with reality. Where egos come to die. But just occasionally there is a crack in its tough facade. A crack that lets the light in. To a world where politicians show their softer side. Respect may be pushing it a bit far. So let’s call it a common humanity. A recognition that they are all in it together.

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