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NewsColony In cyber Commons, Jeremy Corbyn is back where he belongs… and new boy Keir Starmer plays a blinder There is a fairground spookiness to Parliament at the moment. Most areas are boarded up or deserted. The long, high vaulted corridors of the Palace of Westminster are so quiet you can actually hear the nibs of the security guards scratching. But amid the unnerving hush, two eye-popping events played out yesterday in the House of Commons chamber which look set to create significant political noise in the crucial weeks ahead. The first was the inaugural hybrid Parliament which lets MPs operate ‘virtually’. Thanks to the ingenuity of Commons officials, MPs were able to grill ministers from the comfort of their own homes via television screens erected around the chamber. While this may not have been what Charles Barry or Augustus Pugin had in mind when they drew up plans for the old place, the experiment was a soaraway success. A timely reassurance, amid the public chaos of co...