The Liberal Democrat’s dry cleaning ambassador Julian Huppert has taken the unusual step of being re-photographed with his pre-election pledge on tuition fees to, erm, “reaffirm his promise”. Scrapbook wonders what was wrong with his original photo?
Did Nick Clegg’s spinners have a quiet word?
The photograph of Nick Clegg and enemy of dry cleaning Julian Huppert brandishing their “pledge” on tuition fees may yet become the Liberal Democrats’ Bullingdon Club photo. Indeed, previously unreleased images obtained by the Von Pip Express confirm what many had hitherto suspected: underneath his worthless policy Clegg has concealed a number of other messages including “I just want votes”, “I’ll say anything me” and “LOL suckers [sic]“:
Talking of LOLs, Dizzy Thinks today posts a video showing students are not the only youth democratic upset by Nick Clegg:
Come back Ming, all is forgiven!
So freshman Liberal Democrat Julian Huppert has rankled Tom Harris with his patronising suggestion that MPs should undergo a science training course so that they are “able to understand the information they were being presented with”.
With a PhD in biological chemistry, brainbox Huppert churned out papers on such accessible topics as the “Prevalence of quadruplexes in the human genome”. He will presumably, therefore, understand the following notation:
ClCH2CH2Cl + 3 Cl2 → Cl2C=CCl2 + 4 HCl
According to Wikipedia (so it must be true), this is the chemical reaction to produce tetrachloroethylene, the chemical used in, erm, dry cleaning.
As the political temperature cools in parliament’s approach to the summer recess, many members will still opt for an attire better adapted to an oftentimes hot and humid Westminster. But while they may look the part on the rack in Debenhams, the cream and tan shades of linen suits are unforgiving of MPs neglectful of their dry cleaning obligations.
In most desperate need of a trip to Johnson’s is Liberal Democrat Julian Huppert, who strides around the parliamentary estate in a suit described by Scrapbook’s source as “absolutely filthy”.
Jo Swinson and Simon Hughes inspect Huppert's grimy garb
So now parliament has risen, perhaps the honourable member can make like Martin Bell and actually visit the dry cleaners?
There are enough of them in his Cambridge constituency.
