MP quotes

I was told when a young man that the two occupational hazards of the Palace of Varieties were alcohol and adultery. The hurroosh that follows the intermittent revelation of the sexual goings-on of an unlucky MP has convinced me that the only safe pleasure for a parliamentarian is a bag of boiled sweets.

- SirJulian Michael Gordon Critchley
  In The Listener,10  Jun.

Being an MP feeds your vanity and starves your self- respect.

- Matthew Parris
  In TheTimes, 9 Feb.