THORPE STILL EYEING UP MPs

pARLIAMent is still haunted by the ghost of Jeremy thorpe, whose attempt to bump off his gay lover norman Scott was the subject of the BBC drama A Very english Scandal. A bust of the former Liberal party leader is still on display in the Grimond Room at portcullis House, where Mps roost at Westminster, named after his predecessor, Jo Grimond.

In fact, thorpe’s last public appearance was on July 15, 2009, at the unveiling of the bust by the artist Avril Vellacott. thorpe died in 2014.