Punch and Judy

Definitions

1. A traditional sideshow often found at seaside resorts, consisting of various glove puppets operated by one person in a small tent-style booth theatre.
2. A two-sided ideological battle, or contradictory arguing.
   attributive

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Examples

“Like⟳ all binary debates, while it's certainly true that questions about public service broadcasting and the role of the BBC have⟳ risen up the agenda recently, it is easy, even from the offices of the BBC in White City, to get⟳ stuck in a Punch and Judy discourse.”

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