An unnamed Staffordshire MP who liked to brag about the number of parliamentary divisions he attends was described in Tony Wright's Very Short Introduction to British Politics as a prize buffoon and used as an example of why journalists should not assume that turning up in division lobbies = doing a good job. I wonder who he had in mind.
If it's about him, That really is hugely unfair to Fabricant, who is a genuinely popular & passionate Constituency MP with some reasonably progressive views on key topics. At the very least the people of Lichfield don't seem to view him as a lazy or unworthy representative.
I feel sure he's defining buffoon as having a corny sense of humor or quixotic personal interests,
