JACK Straw has been called many things in his time, but Mike Foster's kids have come up with a new one.
The Hula Hoop man.
The city MP was watching television with his two young daughters when the Home Secretary came on the screen to announce a boost in police recruitment.
Testing the girls' general knowledge, he asked them who the nice man was?
The answer came quick enough -- but it was not Jack Straw.
It transpires the Home Secretary was kind enough to give Mike's six-year-old daughter a tour of his office a couple of years ago.
But it was not the trappings of Whitehall or the sight of Mr Straw's Ministerial red box which she remembered.
It was the packet of tasty crisps which he produced from it.
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