DOH! 26/04/04

According to both the Sunday Times and New Statesmen, Tottenham Labour MP David Lammy has been named the most inadequate minister. . . by his own side!

Apparently, bored Labour whips amuse themselves with a little game: name the five most useless government ministers. And Tottenhams David Lammy, 31, the minister for Constitutional Affairs, is top of their list.

Commenting on this extraordinary piece of news, William MacDougall, who is to challenge David Lammy at the next General election for the Conservatives, said:

The problem with David Lammy is that hes a Blair yes-man with no real opinions of his own. He slavishly follows the Government line ranging from top-up fees to the Iraq War.

Tottenham Conservatives are being inundated with requests for help from people who have been in touch with Lammy but have not had a satisfactory outcome. Lammy doesn't care about Tottenham. One thing is for certain: he is an extremely ineffective constituency MP. I am looking forward, as a Haringey resident, to taking on Lammy at the next general election. Labour's biggest upset on election night will be in Tottenham.

ENDS.

Notes to Editors:

(From ATTICUS on P21 of the Sunday Times,. Sunday April 25th, 2004)

Whips mark down Lammy "the lame" as most useless minister

With such a big majority, how do Labour whips idle away the long hours? According to the New Statesman, they amuse themselves with a little game: name the five most useless ministers. Top of their list is David Lammy, 31, the constitutional affairs minister, who was the youngest MP when he won Tottenham in 2000. Still, he's known worse embarrassment. At the age of seven Lammy was summoned to see his headmistress, who told him: "Take off your coat and I'll be back in five minutes." Unfortunately, he thought she said clothes. "I still recall with horror the look on both our faces," he says.