Why county MP is a sexy man
Wednesday 28th January 2009, 12:50PM GMT.
A Shropshire MP has joined the ranks of the most sexiest politicians in the world – much to his amazement.
Owen Paterson, the MP for North Shropshire, was voted one of the top 10 sexiest politicians in a survey by OnePoll.com
The 52-year-old came ninth in the survey of 3,000 women, that was topped by America’s new president, Barack Obama, 47.
In second place was French president Nicolas Sarkozy, 53, with the British Energy Secretary, Ed Milliband in third place and former Terminator, Arnold Scharzenegger in fourth place.
Mr Paterson said although he was flattered, he was taken aback by his mention in the poll, coming ninth behind the top four as well as Tory leader David Cameron, Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg, pensions secretary James Purnell and shadow chancellor George Osborne.
“I even finished in front of Tony Blair who was in 10th place,” he said. It was Mr Paterson’s wife, Rose, who discovered the poll, published in Scottish newspaper The Daily Record.
“We receive internet alerts and it came up on that,” Mr Paterson said.
He admitted that both Rose and their teenage daughter Evie, found the survey amusing.
“I told Evie she should start taking me a bit more seriously now,” he added.
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He’s sssoooo dishy!
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I have seen some horrible sights in my years ranging from drug crazed Africans dressed in animal skins and carrying spears doing a terrifying dance just prior to sticking it into someone to the film of Crocodile Dundee with a crocs head draped over him but golly, the most revolting sight I have ever seen was that of James Purnell, stone cold sober, normal and without a crocs head or animal skin to be seen, on his feet in the Commons giving forth on some trivial matter which we would all regret as a result. As for the “Milliband man”, one of a pair, oh! my giddy aunt, who invented him.
This could only have been done by the Scots who are used to cro- magnon menfolk prancing around with wild red locks, overflowing eyebrows, yard length beards in sack-cloth skirts and waving claymore’s – even our worst would be better than their best.
So, don’t preen yourself to much Owen, just think what you have been compared with the other side of Hadrian’s Wall.
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