Margaret Beckett isn’t for the Commons people

Back in October the House of Commons gift shop announced some exciting news: copies of the parliamentary art collection would now be on sale as prints on demand. At last, politicos across the nation could take a little bit of Westminster’s heritage home with them with prices starting at £15 for a William Wilberforce or Baroness Hayman print and rising all the way up to £100 for one of the magnificent Water over Westminster artwork. Mr S thought it would be fun to find out who the public wants hanging on their walls and establish which of the nation’s politicians came top in the Christmas sales. 

It sadly appears that the voters have more discerning tastes than their elected masters as just 66 of the prints were recorded as being sold in the first eight weeks since they went online. According to Commons records, landscapes outside personal portraits with Water over Westminster being the most expensive print and the best-selling with eight copies sold.