Lib Dem MP’s bizarre motion on the Wiggles

One might expect politics to showcase quality over quantity but this isn’t always necessarily the case. Take the curious example of Liberal Democrat politician Max Wilkinson, who was one of the party’s 72 MPs voted into parliament in July’s national poll. In a notable move, the new MP for Cheltenham ousted Lord Chancellor Alex Chalk in the general election – removing the former justice secretary from his seat by 7,200 votes.

But is Wilkinson living up to his constituents’ expectations? Possibly – if they happen to find themselves particularly concerned with, um, the Wiggles. In a rather bizarre move, it transpires that the new MP has tabled an early day motion about the Australian children’s music group – on the very important matter of their ‘Yummy Yummy’ album’s 30th anniversary. Just when you thought Sir Ed Davey’s Lib Dems couldn’t get any weirder…

Creating a rather tenuous link between the band’s hit song ‘Fruit Salad’ and health awareness in young people, Wilkinson hails the Wiggles for ‘their three decades of work to encourage healthy diets among children by singing about the recipe for fruit salad and advising children around the world that the dessert is indeed yummy yummy.’