GREAT Grimsby MP Austin Mitchell is recuperating after having a cataract removed.
The Labour MP underwent the operation at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital yesterday.
He said the procedure went well and praised the efficiency of the NHS.
After the operation a patch was put over his eye, prompting him to joke on Twitter that he was "Now so one eyed I should be in government!"
He told the Grimsby Telegraph that the patch had now been removed, and that he was wearing a pair of dark glasses which made him look like a "mafia boss."
Mr Mitchell said the blurred vision caused by the cataracts had had a "serious effect" as it had forced him to read things close to his eyes.
He is hoping his vision will be restored to normal within a week.
