Channel 4's Tower Block of Commons series, following four MPs as they live with people on some of the country's toughest council estates, was compelling viewing. Compelling because it flushed out how the MPs who were featured really are. This was no TV-editing hatchet job. Tory MP Nadine Dorris was consistently desparate-to-please. Labour veteran backbencher Austin Mitchell just sat around and sat around and sat around with his WIFE, for heavens sake, because he knew he couldn't surive on his own. Oh, he made a call to BBC local TV to cover the imminent closure of the Orchard Park youth club in Hull. Very good. That was the sum total of his endeavours. He appears to be under the employment of the Ministry of Silly Voices in his mature years. You'll know what I mean if you saw it.
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