A A Gill, Columnist

English Summer of Cuddly Tories and Hard-Line Labour: A.A. Gill

June 29, 2011 at 4:01 AM UTC

A.A. Gill is the television and restaurant critic for the Sunday Times of London and a contributing editor with Vanity Fair. Gill is the author of 10 books and collections, most recently "A.A. Gill is Further Away" and "Previous Convictions: Assignments from Here and There." Born in Scotland, he lives in London.

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A balmy spring is turning into a nutty British summer. This is, traditionally, a time when politicians let their sartorial guard, and the voters, down.

One whiff of SPF 40 and a glimpse of their new wife-bought shorts with the puce hibiscus, and they say the first thing that comes into their receding heads.