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Attending UK Parliament as a visitor during Prime Minister's Questions. Packed public gallery, intense debate below. Just as the opposition leader asks a p

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Attending UK Parliament as a visitor during Prime Minister's Questions. Packed public gallery, intense debate below. Just as the opposition leader asks a pointed question—BRAAAP—a barking spider joins the parliamentary proceedings.

The Prime Minister, without missing a beat, responds: "I believe the Honorable Member from the gallery has expressed the public's opinion quite succinctly." Both parties united in laughter for the first time in years.

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