Barometer | 29 June 2017

Sharon and Tracy MP

Darren Jones, the new Labour MP for Bristol North West, says he is proud to be the first person called Darren ever to be elected to Parliament. Other MPs whose first names have been subject to snobbish derision from some quarters:

• Gary Streeter CON
• Gavin Newlands SNP
• Gavin Robinson DUP
• Gavin Williamson CON
• Keith Simpson CON
• Kevan Jones LAB
• Sir Kevin Barron LAB
• Kevin Foster CON
• Kevin Hollinrake CON
• Lee Rowley CON
• Michelle Donelan CON
• Michelle Gildernew SINN FEIN
• Sharon Hodgson LAB
• Tracy Brabin LAB
• Tracey Crouch CON

Proletariyurts

Jeremy Corbyn told a Glastonbury crowd, ‘Nothing was given from above by the elites and the powerful. It only ever came from the bottom.’ How some of his audience may have spent their own hard-earned crusts:

— Entrance ticket: £238

— Six-berth tipi in the Tipi Field: £995

for five nights (not including ticket)

— Luxury yurt for two in Pennard Orchard: £3,150

— Airstream caravan for two in Pennard Orchard: £5,950

— Six-berth large luxury yurt: £10,495