The Telegraph has the story:
"Alan Scard, the Chairman of Gosport Conservative Association in Hampshire, is selecting a candidate to replace Sir Peter Viggers as the local MP at the next election. Sir Peter announced that he would quit Parliament after The Daily Telegraph disclosed he had attempted to claim £1,645 in parliamentary expenses for a floating duck house. Asked whether he was happy to support efforts by David Cameron, the Conservative leader, to put more women in Parliament, Mr Scard said: "If they are attractive, yeah I would go for it." "I know it's a sexist thing to say," Mr Scard told Channel 4 News, "but you could get the blokes saying 'Oh you know, I would vote for her because she's really attractive'." However, on reflection, he added: "But then the other women say 'Oh I don't like her, she's too attractive'."
It's a shame Sir Peter didn't buy a dog house. We could put Mr Scard inside it. Inside it for a very long time.
Tim Montgomerie
