The Diary of a Secret Tory MP: (Almost!) True Stories from the Heart of British Politics

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Surprisingly literate, The Secret Tory is also behind the trenchant and insightful Papua New Guinea Courier, also available via his twitter page. The one objective is to destroy the Tories; amplify their ludicrous behaviour and turn it into comedy by making it grotesque. I kept thinking: ‘You’re sitting in the House of Lords and I can run rings around you in an argument if I have to. They are purported to be a sitting member of the UK Parliament and have been leaking reams of sensitive information from the heart of the Conservative government for the last three years.

Encouraged by the Times columnist and author Caitlin Moran, who was one of his gym clients, he turned his next Twitter persona into a book, The Diary of a Secret Tory MP: (Almost!The anchor didn’t really know what to make of him – what is this regular person doing inside the commentariat? View image in fullscreen ‘We had these baronesses, lords and millionaires coming in to the gym where I was a personal trainer. A school friend, Benjamin Harvey, collaborates on the videos “and ended up tweeting it on Ellie’s due date. Over the next year or so, though, the adage of master satirist Chris Morris started to weigh on him.

I know exactly what he means: there is a perception of media and political elites as operating on a higher plane, and it’s absolutely warped, but I’m not sure it’s about London – isn’t it about class?With a front-row seat on the, erm, backbenches, the Secret Tory MP has picked up on all the petty rivalries, bad decision-making and scandalous affairs that Whitehall has to offer. Join the mystery MP as he drunk-texts Liz Truss after a crate of WKD, accompanies Jacob Rees-Mogg (and his kids) to picket a foodbank, takes on the French in the 'Trawler Wars', and euthanises Rishi Sunak's dog - and that's just October.