Wokingham MP Clive Jones has reacted to a national newspaper column that labelled him as “.. the most boring man in parliament.”
Last Thursday’s Daily Mail carried a column from political diarist Quentin Letts.
Referring to Jones’ appearance at prime minister’s questions the previous day, he wrote: “Then they spotted it: a little chap on the Lib Dem benches, not much above 5ft, who was clutching his usual cue cards (few of the new intake have the wit to memorise their questions).
“Oh no, it was Wokingham’s Clive Jones, the most boring man in Parliament.
.”Mr Jones put his question. It was not a short one. They never are.
“What meagre energy the House had possessed was swiftly going down the plughole. MPs started talking over him.
“Few others in the chamber had a clue as to what the Wokingham wombat had been saying.”
Reacting to the column, Jones told Wokingham Today: “If the Daily Mail wants to call me boring, that’s fine by me.
“Good governance often is, and I’m more focused on working hard for local people in the community.
“To set the record straight as a matter of extreme urgency, I’m 5ft 8.”
He added that many MPs consider a mention in Letts’ columns as somewhat of a badge of honour.
