A very modern Parliament causes problems for the Tories

With 190 women elected last week and the number of ethnic minority MPs hitting record levels, Parliament is slowly beginning to look a little bit like modern Britain.

Settling in, one male MP, proudly wearing a green new members’ badge, was sitting on the Terrace on his first night in the Commons. He proceeded to use his iPad to conduct a noisy bedtime video call with his wife and young children back in his distant constituency.

The sweet scene did not amuse everyone however, with one member of the Tory old guard nosily tutting and harrumphing about a total lack of ‘decorum’ displayed by new Nationalist MPs.

There are plenty of new Scottish members, who have been rather cavalier with the traditions and conventions of the Palace of Westminster, yet this abject display of modernity was clearly a step too far for the Tory backbencher.

Wrapping up the call, the new MP apologised to those nearest him for any disturbance and introduced himself to the slighted colleague… as a fellow Tory! Cue splutters from onlookers.