Fabricant: ‘I’m part Polynesian’

Tory MP Michael Fabricant, renowned for his unruly thatch of blond hair, now has another exotic claim to fame.

He has discovered he is descended from Polynesians after taking a DNA saliva test to detect his origins.

‘Firstly, it turns out that going back hundreds of years, I am not from stock originating in the British Isles — I am mainly southern Scandinavian and north German,’ he says.

‘But there is also a substantial few per cent of Polynesian — the area bounded by New Zealand, Hawaii, and Easter Island — and this is a complete mystery to me. I am thinking of wearing a grass skirt for my next Prime Minister’s Questions and if I am Maori, I’ll be practising the haka.’