It's unusual for a procedural issue of this kind to become as charged as this one has - Mr Tyrie has let it be known that he would not wish to chair a committee that did not command all-party support, but the government seems keen to press ahead in the teeth of Labour opposition.

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Despite some progress in my personal life I admit that over the last few years I have become extremely suspicious of what used to be known as liberal values.

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