Tory jitters over today's Eastleigh by-election reared their head at Prime Ministers' Questions yesterday.
Members were slightly more thin on the ground than normal for a Wednesday. Due to the election, the parties insisted, and certainly not because of the recent half-term holiday.
The first question (placed by the Conservative's whips office? Perish the thought) baffled many MPs.
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