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Labour's Tristram Hunt is leaving politics to be the head of V&A Museum and everyone's making the same joke

Labour's Tristram Hunt is leaving politics to be the head of V&A Museum and everyone's making the same joke
Labour's Tristram Hunt is leaving politics to be the head of V&A Museum and everyone's making the same joke Labour's Tristram Hunt is leaving politics to be the head of V&A Museum and everyone's making the same joke

In yet another blow to Labour, Tristram Hunt, the party’s MP for Stoke-on-Trent Central, has announced he is stepping down.

That’s potentially pretty awkward because the by-election it will trigger could well be won by Ukip, for a few reasons – Ukip leader Paul Nuttall could stand and it’s a seat which overwhelmingly voted for Brexit.

As for Hunt, he’s quit Parliament to take up the role of director of the V&A Museum – so quite the career change.Or is it? Some people have claimed to notice a striking and unflattering similarity.

They’re also taking this moment to remember some of his greatest political achievements.

Perhaps all this could have been avoided and he got the wrong of the stick with this Twitter trend?

Poor Labour.