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Are you a political animal?
As the great Labour politician Aneurin Bevan once said: 'Politics is a blood sport.' Anyone who takes a passing interest in the Palace of Westminster would have to agree. Lies, deceit and name-calling are the order of the day, and that's just within the cabinet. Yet we're fascinated by the backstage machinations of political life - the scandal, the gossip, the power struggles. But how much do you really know? Can you tell your back bench from your subs' bench; do you have what it takes to make it as a minister?

Try our fun quiz and discover whether you're made for Number 10, or likely to lose your deposit.
 

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1. You are the squeaky-clean leader of a political party 'committed' to eradicating sleaze. A motor racing boss - whose sport relies heavily on tobacco advertising - donates £1 million to campaign funds. Do you…
  Accept the money, attempt to ease government policy on tobacco advertising, then go on TV to say you're a 'pretty straight guy'.
  Refuse the money, pointing out motor racing is only slightly less appealing than debriefing Ann Widdecombe.
  Accept the money, pointing out that motor racing brings glamour to the mundane lives of 'ordinary' people.
 
2. If you were lucky enough to hear the deputy prime minister stand up in the House of Commons to declare, 'Macho man - Moi,' would it be because…
  He had recently been photographed stripped to the waist, fiddling with the big end on his Jaguar, for a charity calendar.
  He had recently insulted the female French environment minister by saying she gets tired during long negotiations.
  He had recently begun a linguaphone course in conversational French to promote better relations across the Channel.
 
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