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Hairy MPs is a project by artists collective Mongrel to increase hair growth for Members of Parliament. The heads of the political elite are seeded with extra follicles, numerically based on their parliamentary attendance records. Mongrel guarantees that the sight of your favourite Members of Parliament luxuriating in their new furry countenances will restore your faith in the democratic process.
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Gerald Kaufman is one of Labour's most senior backbenchers, with an impressive political CV. He first fought a general election in 1955, and has been in the Commons since 1970. Mr Kaufman was very close to Harold Wilson, serving on his staff in the 1960s and as a member of his informal "kitchen cabinet". He served as a minister throughout the Labour governments of the 1970s, and between 1983 and 1992 successively held the positions of shadow home secretary and shadow foreign secretary. Since 1992, he has served as chair of the Commons culture, media and sport (former national heritage) select committee, in which position he has managed to retain a high public profile with his acerbic style. Always a Labour moderate, and a supporter of Tony Blair's reforms, he has a history of opposing the influence of the Labour left. He was known throughout his frontbench career as one of Labour's most... bla bla
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Labour MP
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Manchester Gorton
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Attends Parliament:
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70.8% of the time.
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Date of birth:
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21.06.1930
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