Mark Francois reading Tennyson, and other reasons to keep politicians away from poetry | Zoe Williams

There are no words to describe puffed up politicians reciting poetry, until someone invents a verb that is between cringing and retching Mark Francois reading all 70 lines of Tennyson's Ulysses to a bunch of pensioners at a pro-Brexit conference while, across a corridor in the House of Commons, a panel of Tory MPs were wondering how to appeal to the under-35s, should have struck fear into our hearts. "I say to the European council, Brexit has gone on long enough. You will be facing perfidious Al...