(Very) modern manners

WHAT do darts have to do with a wedding? Well, Esther McVey is using them to slash her big day’s guest list from 150 people to meet pandemic restrictions.

She’s due to exchange vows with fellow Tory MP Philip Davies at the Palace of Westminster’s Chapel of St Mary Undercroft later this month, and has come up with an ingenious way to whittle down their numbers.

‘We can only invite a maximum of 20,’ says McVey. ‘That includes the bride, the groom, the vicar, the organist and the photographer.’

Her solution is to blindfold herself with a face mask and throw 15 darts at a board featuring the faces of potential guests. ‘Philip left it to me to come up with this system,’ she says. ‘Another use for a face mask, to ensure ultimate in fairness.’