According to latest Private Eye – Pamela Nash, Britain’s youngest MP at 26, has only put forward one written question to parliament in the last sixth months, and spoken only six times. The Eye points out, however, that she has plenty of time to Tweet about the X factor and Corination Street.

Her predecesser in her constituency was John Reid – former Labour home secreteary – she used to be his parliamentary researcher – and when he stepped down last year, labour party members were only allowed to choose his successor from a short list of women only candidates, one of whome was Pam, meaning the local party couldn’t select the person they wanted.

So we’ve ended up with this wet twitterer instead of someone who maybe would have spent time being just a little more active in Parliament?

Or perhaps she thinks her inane twitterings make her more accessible to the public –

one of her latest – ‘go get a sledge! You’ll feel ten again and Christmassy in five mins x’

Pathetic.