Become an MP? Thanks, but I'd rather tuck into a wallaby's tackle
Evening Standard|November 10, 2022
Once, the prospect of taking a seat in the Commons would have filled me with awe now it fills me with horror
- Sarfraz Manzoor
Become an MP? Thanks, but I'd rather tuck into a wallaby's tackle

HAVE you heard about Katie?" my wife asked as she came home from the school run. Katie is the mum of my little boy's friends so I assumed the news was about an upcoming children's birthday party. I assumed wrong. "She wants to be an MP," my wife continued. "She is hoping to be a candidate at the next general election." My wife was expecting me to say "That's so great" - what I actually said was, "She wants to be an MP? Is she mad?"

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