FORGET Florida if you want to top up the perfect sun tan - try Fulwood instead!
That's what Ribble Valley MP Nigel Evans did, and now he risks the wrath of Conservative Party leader William Hague by returning to the Commons a golden shade of brown.
Before the summer recess Mr Hague asked all his front benchers, including Mr Evans, to douse themselves in high factor sun block when they went on their travels because he thinks tanned MPs look rich and lazy.
Labour members' holiday exploits have filled the national newspapers' column inches. And while many MPs spent days hiding in the shade, Mr Evans was pounding the streets of his Ribble Valley constituency. Little did he know that he would catch the sun in baking Broughton! The MP said: "I didn't receive any order not to get a tan.
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