Louise Mensch poses for GQ, complains about 'trivialised' female MPs

Conservative MP Louise Mensch has complained that female politicians are judged too much on their appearance.

Mensch told GQ magazine that it was sexist to "trivialise a woman politician based on her appearance".



The backbencher said that her political statements end up "obscured" by talk of how she looks or what she is wearing.

Meanwhile, the author - who took part in the Commons culture, media and sport select committee's questioning of James and Rupert Murdoch last summer - is pictured wearing a £485, leather-fronted, Dolce & Gabbana skirt, paired with a £271 silk blouse by L'Agence.



Mensch went on to admit that she finds it "kind of annoying" that she has not yet been made a parliamentary private secretary by Prime Minister David Cameron.

"It's kind of annoying," she complained. "What do I have to do to get promoted over here? Am I being disloyal? I don't know. I need to sit down with my whip and say, 'What do I have to do?' Every time there is a raft of PPS promotions and my name is not on them, I have to sit down and think, 'What am I doing wrong?'"

However, Mensch took issue with the Mirror's reporting of her quotes, writing on Twitter: "On the issue of a PPS, although I havent seen the GQ article yet, I was joking & hope I/v reflects that (Times coverage indicates it does).

"And, on the issue of the photos, thanks all for kind words but that is a make-up artist and genius photog Simon Emmett's way with light."

The 40-year-old quipped: "I don't actually look anything like that in reality."

The full interview appears in the new issue of GQ magazine, out Thursday, January 5.

Watch a behind-the-scenes video of Louise Mensch's GQ photoshoot below: