Tories give Mark Reckless ‘worst office in Parliament’

Earlier this year Zac Goldsmith complained that he had been given ‘the worst office of any MP in Parliament’ as punishment for his disparaging remarks about the coalition.

Now word reaches Mr S that the accolade of worst office has been passed to Mark Reckless following his defection to Ukip in the Rochester by-election.

Unfortunately for Reckless, as Ukip are still a minority in the House of Commons, it’s the Conservatives who assign their offices. None were too happy when he defected to Ukip, and fittingly his new office reflects the ill-feeling.

‘It’s the size of a shoebox and the ceiling is so low Mark can’t even stand up in it, that’s how bad it is,’ Steerpike’s Commons spy says. ‘It is by far the worst office he could have been given.’

Reckless – who is over 6ft tall – has apparently requested a new office that won’t require him to hit his head on the ceiling on entering.