article_snippet: For either Dave or Ed, This was possibly the last hurrah at the despatch box.
article_snippet: the Prime Minister cheeks were sucked in, as were the curtains in Dorothy's bedroom as the tornado strikes in The Wizard of Oz.
article_snippet: The whole House was taken by similar surprise.
article_snippet: There was an initial silence, as perhaps happens immediately after a bomb blast before car alarms start to ring.
article_snippet: By then the moment had largely passed.