“If you want news, listen to the radio; if you want sex, read the newspapers” is amongst the many classic quotes from this Conservative peer. A land girl, a Bletchley Park codebreaker, Mayor of Cambridge, an agriculture minister, and now a Baroness, Trumpington famously stuck two fingers up at Lord King of Bridgwater after he called her “pretty old” during a debate. Of the reaction to that, she commented: “It was entirely between him and me – I thought. I wasn’t conscious of there being television [cameras there]… His family says he is famous now”. Of getting older, she added: “Other people’s opinions matter less – unless they’re medical”. On Desert Island Discs in 1990 she chose the Crown Jewels as her luxury item as she said it would maximise her chances of being rescued. A most practical lady and a true national treasure.

The Roll Call - PRESENTERS AND POLITICOS

1

Sharon Hodgson MP

2

Betsy DeVos (née Elisabeth Prince)

3

The Rt. Hon. The Lord Ashdown GCMG, CH, KBE, PC (better known as Paddy Ashdown)

4

Baroness Pidding CBE (AKA, “The Bet Lynch Baroness”, born Emma Pidding)

5

Diane Sawyer (born Lila Diane Sawyer)

6

Ashley Mote

7

Victoria Borwick MP (AKA “VB” and “Lady Borwick”, née Victoria Poore)

8

Christine Walkden

9

Mhairi Black MP

10

The Rt. Hon. The Lord Boothby KBE (born Robert Boothby, also known as Bob Boothby, 1900 – 1986)

11

Jack Duffin

12

Daniel Topolski (1945 – 2015)

13

Julia Hartley-Brewer

14

Dr Hyacinth Morgan (1885 – 1956)

15

Joanne Coburn (AKA “Jo” Coburn)

16

Kate Williams

17

Jon Favreau (AKA “Favs” Favreau)

18

Matt Forde

19

Anna Soubry MP

20

Dame Elaine Kellett-Bowman DBE (1923 – 2014)

21

The Rt. Hon. Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller DCB

22

Gavin Newsom

23

Sir Bernard Ingham

24

Stella Creasy MP

25

Paul Staines (AKA Guido Fawkes)

26

The Rt. Hon. the Baroness Neville-Jones DCMG PC

27

The Rt. Hon. The Lady Garden of Frognal

28

Jean Barker, Baroness Trumpington DCVO, PC

29

Martha Kearney

30

Giulio Andreotti (1919 – 2013)

31

Brian Coleman

32

Kathy Clugston

33

Barbara Walters

34

Clare Balding

35

The Rt. Hon. Margaret Hodge MBE MP (also known as Lady Hodge)

36

Dan Penteado

37

Esther McVey MP

38

The Rt. Hon. Theresa May MP

39

The Rt. Hon. Gregory Barker (AKA “Greg Barker”)

40

John Simpson CBE

41

Terry Venables

42

Sir David Frost, Kt., OBE (1939 - 2013)

43

Lizo Mzimba