It seems natural enough to me. Fruit rarely falls far from the tree and the voters of Crewe and Nantwich, at the very least, will know what to expect of her.

Funnily enough, inherited position seems to be a particular feature of the left of the Labour Party with government minister Hilary Benn, son of Tony Benn, having had father, grandfather and great grandfather in the House of Commons.

It's all very redolent of young Algernon sitting at the same desk at Eton as his father occupied and carving his initials next to Pater's. Our political parties really are becoming almost indistinguishable from each other.

In terms of important policies, they are, in fact, identical and I will give just three examples.

For all that we are in difficult times, Britain is a very rich and productive country, the fourth most productive in the world. It would be very nice if the sixty million of us who live here could choose to spend what we earn as we wished, but the political parties do not allow it.

They leave us collectively with 57% of it, to spend more or less as we like, and take 43% to spend as the six hundred and odd Members of Parliament think best. The voters of Crewe and Nantwich have a choice. They can vote Labour, who will take 43%, or Conservative, who will take 43%, or Liberal, who will take 43%.

For all that we are an educated, sophisticated people with a long democratic tradition, about 80 pages out of every 100 pages of new laws that bind us are made by people we do not elect in Brussels. I do not think I am alone in considering this slightly undemocratic. However, the voters of Crewe and Nantwich will have a choice between Labour, which is in favour of it, or Conservative, which is in favour of it, or Liberal, which is in favour of it.

My third example concerns our charitable impulse, which is still very strong. When an Englishman sees a fellow who is down on his luck, his natural response is to help him get back up on his feet as quickly as he can.

Though the politicians say they will do that for us, what they actually do is to make the less fortunate utterly dependent on handouts and so demoralise them that even their children become dependent after them.
All three parties say that they want to do something about it, but, in power, both Labour and Conservative have done it continuously for 60 years. Leopards do not change their spots. Politicians just love people coming cap in hand to them.

Advice to the electors of Crewe and Nantwich? Hold your nose and take your pick!