Crap MPs – Bendor Grosvenor & Geoffrey Hicks

(Note to reader: I’ve got 3 COPIES of ‘Crap MPs’ by Bendor Grosvenor & Geoffrey Hicks to give away and all details can be found at the end of this post)

Let’s start with a little bit of a disclosure – I love books like ‘Crap MPs’. That’s not that I love books about MPs, instead I love these kinds of books. You know the sort -  they appear just before Christmas, are short, almost always well presented and more often than not downright funny. Shocking fillers, if you like. (I suppose it’s my guilty secret)

‘Crap MPs’ is just this sort of book and it does exactly what it says in the title. It is a book that ‘outs’ the forty worst Members of Parliament in British political history. This book is not about shaking the foundations of Parliament, instead it is a well researched, intelligent  and (frankly) a very funny little book.

The format sees a list of MPs, presented in descending order of crapness (yes I know that you will do exactly what I did and flip straight to the last entry to read who is number one). Each MP gets a glossy photo, a brief textual explanation of why they are considered to be crap and, interestingly, one or more fabulous icons indicating such things as ‘Dodgy Friends’, ‘Sex’, ‘Inappropriate Animal Behaviour’ and (my favourite) ‘Nutter’.

The joy of this small book comes from flitting through the entries, basking in the crapness of the politicians and chuckling at the incompetence that leads to each individual’s downfall. You get to read such gems as the MP who collected horses’ ears (cut from the still living horses!), the politician who simply couldn’t resist the temptation of pick pocketing his fellow members and the cross eyed MP who had difficulty catching the eye of the Speaker. My favourite entry is for George Galloway and simply reads ‘George Galloway is very litigious. But we still think he is a crap MP’.

In my absolutely honest opinion, ‘Crap MPs’ would be an ideal little stocking filler for any adult who has an interest in British current affairs. I (very much) enjoyed the read.

You can buy ‘Crap MPs’ here.

And, Mr Pack at The Friday Project has agreed that I can give away 3 COPIES of ‘Crap MPs’. All you have to do is leave a ‘please pick me’ comment by 3pm (GMT) November 20, then I’ll pop all names in a mug and ask a small child will select 3 winner. This competition is open to all.