Fun with MPs' portraits and photoshopping Farage
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New portraits of MPs have been released as part of continuing improvements to the UK Parliament website, while former UKIP leader Nigel Farage has recommended Christopher Nolan's latest movie.
Predictably, people have been having fun with both.
The latest profile pictures of MPs, external were taken by the photographer Chris McAndrew, external, replacing some images which were taken more than 20 years ago.
The reaction on Twitter, begun by former BuzzFeed journalist Marie Le Conte, swiftly turned to imagining back stories for the politicians.
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Peter Aldous, external is the Conservative MP for Waveney.
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Rory Stewart, external is the Conservative MP for Penrith and the Border.
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Neil Coyle, external is the Labour MP for Bermondsey and Old Southwark.
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Tom Brake, external is the Liberal Democrat MP for Carshalton and Wallington.
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Carrie Barclay, editor-in-chief of the UK Parliament website commissioned the photos.
Writing in on the website's blog, she said, external: "I want to give greater emphasis to the human side of this big beast called Parliament.
"The photographs were taken after the MPs were sworn in earlier this year.
"90% of MPs were photographed and each sitting averaged less than a minute."
MPs react
Scottish Conservative MP Paul Masterson, external noted his striking resemblance to Chuck 'the Shermanator' Sherman from the American Pie films.
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Conservative Sir Edward Leigh MP, external was grateful for a more accurate photograph.
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Jonathan Reynolds, external MP joined in the game, sharing the portrait of his colleague Alan Campbell's, external.
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Farage's Dunkirk spirit
And on Tuesday the UKIP MEP evangelised on Twitter about newly-released World War Two film Dunkirk.
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However, a quick digital adjustment to the image proved irresistible to some people.
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