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NewsColony HENRY DEEDES: Like 007 facing his foe, Boris Johnson served charm with menace at his return to PMQs Bond aficionados will know that early in each story comes an inaugural meeting between hero and foe. A chance encounter over highballs, perhaps, or a high-stakes hand of chemin de fer.  The tone is formal yet courteous. Compliments might even be exchanged. Yet beneath this faux chumminess lingers a whiff of menace.  There was a slight flavour of this to Boris Johnson ’s first encounter with Sir Keir Starmer at PMQs yesterday.   Boris Johnson faced off against Sir Keir Starmer during Prime Minister’s Questions for the first time on Wednesday, with the Commons still mostly empty as MPs work from home It was less a head-to-head confrontation than a peek into the milky whites of each other’s eyes. Boris was cautious and respectful. Sir Keir? Lawyerly, yes, but also polite. Self-assured, as you would expect from all those years in a c...