What not to say in an interview – a quick guide for MPs (Part 2)

Remember Amber Rudd? The hapless MP for Hastings gave one of the all time worst interviews ever given by an MP last year. It included such corkers as saying she wanted to be the local MP because:

“I wanted to be within two hours of London and I could see we were going to win it.”

The piece also included a quote that made her constituency round like a bleak drink and drugs addled hellhole, and a rather specific reference to anal sex.

You’d have thought Tory HQ would have been doing their best to keep Amber as far away from journalists as possible, yet she’s been speaking to Bloomberg. And she’s dropped another absolute belter:

“Hastings used to be this beautiful, refined seaside place. It has to reinvent itself, like lots of seaside towns.”

I’m sure Rudd’s constituents are delighted to know that she thinks their home town – that she decided to represent because of geographical convenience – is no longer up to scratch…

Update: Labour’s PPC for Hastings Sarah Owen – born, raised and resident in the constituency – is not happy with Rudd:

“If she wasn’t paid to actually represent Hastings & Rye, her comments would be laughable. It is a sorry situation that we have a Conservative MP who continues to talk down the town, at a time when we need to be attracting businesses and investment to the area. Most people don’t have to look hard to find beauty and refinement in my hometown – I’d happily take Amber for a walk around to show her what she’s missing.”