![](http://web.archive.org./web/20200331230132im_/https://novaramedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Modern-Governor-flickr-cc-424x238.jpg 424w, http://web.archive.org./web/20200331230132im_/https://novaramedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Modern-Governor-flickr-cc-460x259.jpg 460w, http://web.archive.org./web/20200331230132im_/https://novaramedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Modern-Governor-flickr-cc-204x114.jpg 204w, http://web.archive.org./web/20200331230132im_/https://novaramedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Modern-Governor-flickr-cc-314x176.jpg 314w, http://web.archive.org./web/20200331230132im_/https://novaramedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Modern-Governor-flickr-cc-664x373.jpg 664w, http://web.archive.org./web/20200331230132im_/https://novaramedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Modern-Governor-flickr-cc-1304x733.jpg 1304w)
![](http://web.archive.org./web/20200331230132/https://novaramedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Modern-Governor-flickr-cc-460x197.jpg)
How Did Tristram Hunt Get to Be an MP Anyway?
Yesterday Tristram Hunt entertained a Progress fringe event with jokes about internal 'hit lists'. Such is Hunt's commitment to party democracy, he won't mind having the spotlight shone on the circumstances surrounding his own selection.