[The day after Hacker, Dorothy Wainright and Sir Humphrey Appleby agreed to postpone democracy until the twenty-second century, Hacker answered questions in the House of Commons. This was a twice-weekly event: Prime Minister's Question Time. The Prime Minister was likely to be asked about almost anything at all, and was given no notice of the questions. To be more precise, the first question from an MP was likely to be: "Will the Prime Minister list his official engagements for today?" The supplementary question could be about absolutely anything: e. g. "Will the Prime Minister find time to consider rising interest rates?" Or "Will the Prime Minister find time to consider the scandal of Agnes Moorhouse creating no-go areas for the police of the London Borough of Houndsworth?" Or "Will the Prime Minister find time to consider the scandal whereby 25% of Honours go to less than 1% of the population, most of whom are in government?"

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