Although it may have seemed as though the majority of MPs had enough on their plates over Christmas with floods, revenge reshuffles and the war on terror, it turns out that they also had time to edit a magazine. This week’s edition of the women’s weekly Stylist is ‘made by politicians’.
The issue includes a recipe for cinnamon buns from environment secretary Liz Truss, as well as David Cameron giving a rundown of his ‘work life’. As for Labour, there is Jeremy Corbyn on his ideal bicycle — the £475 Raleigh Criterium, no less — and Gloria De Piero on the pros of buying Chardonnay from Aldi.
Perhaps Mr S’s favourite section, however, is the ‘beauty section’ which is edited by none other than Diane Abbott. The shadow international development secretary has written a feature on her ‘hair evolution’. In this, she writes about her decision to have an afro in her student days:
‘Sometimes you have a hairstyle because you like it, and sometimes it’s a statement.
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