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Editor’s letter: Booing the prime minister is what a free country does
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Disrespect for leaders may be boisterous, crude and unfair, but it is the essence of democracy, writes John Rentoul

Some of the instant commentary took it as confirmation that the prime minister was finished and that his MPs would be getting rid of him on Monday.

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