Back by no popular demand whatsoeverđđ. Just to reiterate before I start, that most of my quotes are from the BBC or Guardian. Where they are from another source I will say, and also make it clear if I post my opinion.
Monday.
The first day of reality, for one of the oldest to one of the youngest new MPs
New politicians begin to settle down including one of the oldest, newest Labour MPs. ENT surgeon from East Anglia- Peter Prinsley â an eminent ear, nose and throat (ENT) surgeon.
With minimal help from Labour high command, Prinsley credits a gaggle of âindefatigable local ladiesâ for delivering his historic victory. He bought an old Post Office van, decorated it with photographs of himself in surgical scrubs, and spent the six-week campaign knocking on doors with the guaranteed conversation starter: âIâm Peter from the hospital.â
At 66, Prinsley is one of the older first-timers in a parliament where 335 out of 650 MPs are new. âYou know, when you go to the Houses of Parliament, the most amazing thing is how young everybody looks,â âŠ.. âYou walk in there and you think: who has put the children in charge of the country?â
One of the youngest, and probably one of the âchildrenâ Prinsley was talking about is 24-year-old Josh Dean, a student who was still living at home with his mother when he became the first Labour MP for Hertford and Stortford. He was in his final year of a politics and international relations degree at the University of Westminster when the election was called and he cannot graduate until he finishes his dissertation â a comparative study of the technologies of control used in the âwar on terrorâ and the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
I didnât go the traditional route into parliament, or through school or through work. And I think that diversity of experience is really valuable, actually.â
