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Tories dominate ranking of “sexiest MPs” as public vote on new website

5:15pm Fri May 27th

Tories Zac Goldsmith and Louise Bagshawe are topping a poll of the most attractive members of parliament. The website SexyMP.co.uk displays pictures of two randomly selected MPs, with visitors encouraged to click on the lawmaker they prefer.

Scrapbook is sad to report that Conservatives dominate in both male and female categories. While Mandelson’s pal Tristram Hunt and the troubled David Laws put in a good showing at #2 and #9 respectively, the top 12 male otherwise go to Tories, including Brian Ferry impressionist James Morris.

For the women, the SNP’s Eilidh Whiteford is a tartan outpost in a top ten otherwise dominated by Conservatives. The poll represents something of a fall from favour for Labour’s dusky Luciana Berger who, having topped a similar poll for Sky News in February, is relegated to 12th place behind her colleague Liz Kendal.

Sexiest Male MPs

Sexiest Female MPs

This is the one political poll in which “years of experience” is a disadvantage.

Anonymous C4 News guest in sweary tirade

5:33pm Mon July 19th

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As Scrapbook reported over the weekend, Zac Goldsmith gave a rather, ahem, memorable performance on C4 News on Friday night, concerning questions surrounding his election campaign budget.

On a completely unrelated note, Jon Snow mentioned via Twitter earlier that an unnamed guest on Friday’s show had left the studio with “a string of f words and c words”:

Meanwhile, Oliver King, the C4 News programme editor, tweets that someone called “Zac” was “lucky the mics weren’t recording him” and that this elusive Zac character should “issue an immediate apology”.

As Scrapbook’s mother always said, “Manners don’t cost a thing!”

Quote of the week: CCHQ told me to do it edition

2:34pm Sun July 18th

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To have been a fly on the wall in Millbank when Zac Goldsmith trotted this out on Channel 4 News:

“Every decision that we took was approved by election experts inside Central Office Conservative Party [sic], every single one of them.”

But, teacher! CCHQ told me to do it!

Jon Snow gives Zac Goldsmith a rough ride

5:21pm Sat July 17th

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Following a Channel 4 News investigation into his election costs, the newly-elected Tory MP for Richmond, Park Zac Goldsmith (estimated worth: £200 million) appeared on the programme last night, presumably with the intention of clearing the air and putting the damaging allegations to bed.

It would appear, however, that his PR team felt he should instead be obnoxious, evasive and threatening. For ten whole minutes. It certainly made for entertaining viewing:

As Goldmsith himself says, “You wanna watch it”.