MEMORABLY

said to enjoy singing in the bath, former Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer Norman Lamont has revealed that he is also a nimble dancer.

Lord Lamont of Lerwick nevertheless rejected the chance to compete on Strictly Come Dancing. ‘I was asked to do Strictly, but turned it down,’ he tells me at a party in St James’s, London. ‘Actually, I am a good dancer.’

Born in the Shetland Islands, does he prefer dancing Scottish reels or performing the rumba? ‘I invent my own moves.’ Get down!