While watching Beeb coverage of Urgent Questions in the House, re Zahawi's little embarrassment, de Pfeffel vs the head of the Beeb ect ect ect ....

Herself: I don't see why they're having Urgent Questions --- they're not answering them.

Me: It puts it on the record that they're not answering them.

.... taking five minutes to say nothing is a skill; this lot doing so under heavy fire is an artform that's so high that it puts a cesspit to shame.