You're listening to Unfiltered featuring I've just

realized the first politician that we've interviewed who is still a serving

member of parliament and that that intrigues me David Lamy the MP

for Tottenham I wonder whether he will be more guarded than some of our political guests

who've sort of shrugged off the shackles of needing to worry about the next election.

It occurs to me, David, that you're the first person in now over 20 people to endure the

unfiltered experience. You're the first sitting MP, which makes me wonder how guarded you already are, because when Nick Clegg was sat in that chair,

you could almost sense the liberation that he'd been able to enjoy since losing his seat,

odd though that may sound. There's a slightly different tension when you're sitting because if you, you know,

trip up or say something that you later regret the fact that you're still in Parliament makes it newsworthy in a way that perhaps it isn't when you're not?

Yeah I think that there's this I mean I've got to a stage where I don't feel like I'm that bothered

about climbing the greasy pole. I'm not, you know, calling up

anyone's backside. I'm not, and I also think that the currency of the constituency I represent means that I have to speak truthfully and authentically.

That sometimes means that I'm not in line with the Labour Party or a particular leader,

you know, and I sometimes get into trouble because I'm on compromising in my language.

So I suppose it depends at what stage you are in the game, but I genuinely

believe that we're experiencing such extraordinary political times that the kind of bland, over-spun, over-considered, poll-tested

responses don't cut it.

Increasingly so, and yet you've never never and I could have got this wrong but

you've never been really badly monstered by the male or the son or anyone like that

have you? I've had I've had crap thrown at me.

Yes.

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