This week, Jamie Reed, the Labour MP for Copeland and Cumbria and shadow health minister, is in the hot seat. He is big on books about American politics, and reads poetry occasionally.
1) Which books are at your bedside table at the moment?
Most books now on my iPad… but Fear & Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72 is always present on the bedside table. Have just begun – finally – Team of Rivals.
2) Which book would you read to your children?
They have different tastes. The Fantastic Mr Fox is always loved, along with The Hobbit.
3) Which literary character would you most like to be?
Nick Clegg… or Nick Carraway.
4) Which book do you think best sums up ‘now’?
Chaos, madness, war, poverty and a crisis of political legitimacy; Fear & Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72. It’s a bible of sorts, its truths endure.
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